Don't believe everything you think: How to spot and overcome your hidden biases at work
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Michelle Grocholsky is the founder and owner of Empowered, a boutique consulting firm on a mission to make equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) an innate part of how organizations and their people operate. In this session, Michelle challenges participants to recognize their hidden bias and work towards a more mindful and objective way of thinking. techforum.booknetcanada.ca #TechForum
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- 1. HOW TO SPOT AND OVERCOME YOUR HIDDEN BIASES AT WORK Don’t believe everything you think.
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- 5. This is Peter. Photo courtesy of the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
- 6. “My book would have him there simply because he should have been there all along” - Ezra Jack Keats Photo courtesy of the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
- 7. This is Julia. Photo courtesy of the Hermitage Artist Retreat
- 9. SIX QUESTIONS TO MAKE MORE INCLUSIVE DECISIONS Get this resource: Click the link in the description of this video
- 10. SIX QUESTIONS TO MAKE MORE INCLUSIVE DECISIONS 1 What do I know about this person?
- 11. WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT THIS PERSON? 1. First book 2. Woman 3. From Mexico 4. Latina 5. 67 years old
- 12. SIX QUESTIONS TO MAKE MORE INCLUSIVE DECISIONS 2 What assumptions am I making?
- 13. WHAT ASSUMPTIONS AM I MAKING? 1. First time author 2. Woman 3. From Mexico 4. Latina 5. 67 years old
- 14. CATEGORIZE AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN Insects OR Unpleasant words Flowers OR Pleasant words CATEGORY A CATEGORY B
- 15. CATEGORIZE AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN Flowers OR Pleasant words A B Insects OR Unpleasant words WASP
- 16. CATEGORIZE AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN Female OR Family Male OR Career CATEGORY A CATEGORY B
- 17. CATEGORIZE AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN Male or Career A B Female or Family CHILD
- 18. CATEGORIZE AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN Male OR Family Female OR Career CATEGORY A CATEGORY B
- 19. CATEGORIZE AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN Female or Career A B Male or Family SHE
- 20. WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? GENDER IAT 76% More readily associate males with career and females with family RACE IAT 75% Have an implicit preference for white people over black people DISABILITY IAT 76% Have an implicit preference for persons without disabilities BODY TYPE IAT 70% Have an implicit preference for thin people
- 21. Right now, your brain is receiving over 11 million pieces of information
- 24. WHAT ASSUMPTIONS AM I MAKING? ▪ https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/ ▪ Google ‘IAT’ or ‘Project Implicit’ Do the IAT ▪ Age ▪ Race ▪ Skin tone ▪ Weight ▪ Sexuality ▪ Gender ▪ Country
- 25. SIX QUESTIONS TO MAKE MORE INCLUSIVE DECISIONS 3 How can I attain a different perspective?
- 26. HOW CAN I ATTAIN A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE? GTS
- 27. SIX QUESTIONS TO MAKE MORE INCLUSIVE DECISIONS 4 How can I be more specific?
- 28. HOW CAN I BE MORE SPECIFIC?
- 29. “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced” – James Baldwin
- 30. SIX QUESTIONS TO MAKE MORE INCLUSIVE DECISIONS 5 Could this be muddy snow?
- 31. SIX QUESTIONS TO MAKE MORE INCLUSIVE DECISIONS 6 How can I be like Peter?
- 33. “If we could see each other exactly as the other is, this would be a different world” – Ezra Jack Keats