GHC17 workshop material on consciously tackling unconscious bias. After introduction on what bias is and how it can affect you, we took Implicit Association Test (IAT) on gender-science at each table. We then shared our findings as a group and opened the floor for questions.

1. #GHC17
Consciously Tackling Unconscious
Bias
Saralee Kunlong | @saraleethemermaid
Amala Rangnekar | @rangyamala
Lilit Yenokyan | @lyenokyan

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Implicit bias - What is it?
• Unintentional
• Indirect, often stereotype-based
• Types- Gender, race, ethnicity, physical
appearance etc.
• Very common
• Most people have it and don’t realize it

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Implicit biases affect our perceptions
and behaviors

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Why should we care about Diversity
& Inclusion?
1.12x
More discretionary
effort
1.19x
Greater intent to
stay
1.57x
More collaboration
across teams
1.42x
Greater team
commitment
60%
See their ideas
prototyped
75%
See their
innovation
implemented
70%
Have captured a
new market in past
year
45%
Have improved
market share in
past year
Diverse & Inclusive Workforce Demonstrates:
Diverse Leadership = Employees reported more likely to:

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● Project Implicit- Harvard University
● Implicit Association Tests (IAT)
● Investigating the gap between ‘intention’ and ‘action’

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Broader IAT Study Results
76%
more readily associate
males with career and
females with family
70%
more readily associate
males with science and
females with arts
75%
have an implicit bias for
white people over
black people
76%
have a preference for
able bodied people

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Study showed that women’s odds of being selected for US
Orchestras increased by 50% with blind auditions
Study of identical resumes, one with man’s name and other
with woman’s name, found that 70% of applicants with
man’s name vs. only 49% with female name were
considered a “worthy hire”
Name on resume that is “white sounding” = 50% more calls
for interview than same resume with “black sounding”
name
Selection Bias

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• Less than 15% of American men are over 6’ tall
• Nearly 60% of corporate CEOs are over 6’ tall
• Less than 4% of American men are over 6’2”
• More than 36% of corporate CEOs are over 6’2”
Attractiveness & Physical Stature

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Most people have implicit bias
● 80-90% test takers have implicit bias
● We have it too!

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Our plan
Take a test: https://goo.gl/xtRfK
Fill in your responses here: https://goo.gl/33w655 (view only)
Discuss at the tables

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1. Landing page

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2. Survey

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3. Associations

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4. Definitions

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5. Questions

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6. Results

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Test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
Responses: https://goo.gl/9Ne8xk

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Where Does Implicit Bias Show Up At
Work?
● Resume stage
● Interviews and assessing competence
● Work assignments
● Promotions
● How we socialize and build work relationships

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Can Be Tackled!
● Information is Key
● The people you’re connected
with matter
● Hold people accountable
including yourself
● Bias is not a stigma as long
as you’re working towards
overcoming it

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Questions to discuss at your table
● “I was surprised to find out that …”
● “I will do … to improve it”

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Thank
you

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skunlong@yp.com
amala9@gmail.com
lilit@yenokyan.com
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