Why We Make Bad Decisions in the Workplace
Everyone messes up in the workplace every once in a while. Learn how your brain can be responsible for these mistakes.
Posts Tagged: Bias
10 Biases that Will Mess With Your Mind
How have some of these biases made your workplace less inclusive?
Unconscious Bias in the Government
Government at all levels needs to recognize, address and manage the ways unconscious bias negatively influences the work culture.
In the Image of Me
We build workplaces in the image of ourselves. We tend to hire people for cultural fit. Most of time that translates into surrounding ourselves with folks who look like us, think like us, and act like us.
Resume Whitening
Hiring for cultural fit just hit a new high — or maybe a new low — when a University of Toronto study was released that indicated that 40% of people of color job candidates “whiten” their resumes by using more English sounding names and removing language that identifies them with their subordinate racial group. HereRead… Read more »
The Politics of Bias
In the 2012 race for the White House, Republican nominee, Mitt Romney’s primary support came from White voters at 88%. Only 12% of Romney voters were people of color. His opponent and ultimate winner of the 2012 Presidency, Barack Obama was swept into the White House with voters who were 56% White and 44% peopleRead… Read more »
The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey and White Privilege
What causes white privilege in the federal government?
How Bias Can Help Influence Others
Work with the bias as opposed to struggling with the bias.
The Differences Next Door
How can we build diverse organizations if the very differences diversity brings is the same source for implicit bias? How does that build inclusion?
What I Learned About Bias from Addicts
I come from a long line of substance abusers that reaches back several generations. Watching family members get on the road to sobriety has helped me understand that the part of the brain that has to rebuild itself during recovery is the same part of the brain that processes bias. Addiction thrives in the emotionalRead… Read more »