Posts Tagged ‘Bias’
Embrace Intersectionality for a Thriving Workplace
The workforce nowadays is made up of a diverse mix of people with different backgrounds and identities, such as race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, and religion. Diversity and inclusion efforts aim to embrace this variety and ensure fairness for everyone. However, one important aspect often overlooked is how we embrace intersectionality. Intersectionality recognizes that…
Read MoreQuashing Cognitive Bias: Then and Now
“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” —Galileo It’s now universally accepted that the Earth orbits the sun every 365 and one-quarter days. However, approximately 400 years ago, civilization was taught that Earth was the center of everything. Back then, people didn’t believe in the heliocentric…
Read MoreChanging the Conversation on Workplace Bias
As a member of a Black ethnic minority, I have experienced the negative repercussions of unconscious bias first-hand that result in soaring stress levels, minority under-representation in senior roles, and the stifling of promising careers. Because of these experiences, I have now cracked the code for calling out unconscious workplace bias and stopping it in…
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