Training and Education
Unconscious Bias – Conscious Inclusion
‘’All men are equal, but some are more equal than others’’ (Animal Farm)
Some people move through the world and life more easily and successfully than others, for no other reason than that the world and its structures was designed with them in mind.
‘’I kept trying to fit myself into the spaces I was in .. that feeling of not fitting in, of having to exist outside of the norms presented to you’’. (Michelle Obama)
Norms cater for the majority – the able-bodied, neuronormative, heterosexual, cisgender.
The world we live in is filled with degrees of diversity that are anything but the norm.
For companies seeking to do more :
DEIB – diversity, equality, inclusion, belonging
Inclusion and fairness in a hybrid work setting
Meritocracy in the employee lifecycle – from recruitment to progression
Gender pay gap – reporting and action
Universal design – replace ableism norms
General Session
The training will raise awareness of bias and its pervasiveness throughout our workplaces, and wider society.
Through learning about the negative impacts and detrimental effects that unconscious bias can have on an individual or group, attendees will be motivated to take action to reduce bias in their own thinking, their workplaces, and wider society.
To use the power of education on the topic to empower people to improve their thought processes and make better decisions.
Gender Bias
Because according to the WHO – if we continue doing what we are doing, it will take 132 years to close the gender pay gap.
To show, using at times fascinating, and at times depressing evidence, that women in the workplace continue to face gender specific biases that hold them back in their careers. Biases including : competency bias, benevolence bias, maternal wall bias, double bind bias.
Then to look, as a company, at what actions can be taken to tackle this pervasive gender bias; including proven initiatives such as mentoring and sponsorship programmes, access to the informal networks, and allyship.
Recruitment & Hiring Bias
Hiring and recruitment is a place where unconscious bias can seep in; from the language used in job specs, to the biases that can show up at interview, including affinity bias, halo / horns bias, and anchoring.
To educate and upskill all staff with responsibility for hiring in the ways that bias can creep into hiring and recruitment practices.
To practically workshop possible solutions to de- biasing the hiring process, and use data metrics to measure what’s working and how well.
Resources
On the surprising benefits of conversation in the workplace
Question: What makes people happy AND productive at work? Answer. Workplace friendships and social connections. We are social beings The happy and healthy human is a social creature. We are hard-wired to connect. Data from multiple studies of mammals, from humans to...
Digital Minimalism – should you? Could you?
The 19th century philosopher Thoreau said ‘’the price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.’’ So take a minute now to ask yourself, honestly, how much you are paying for your digital distraction, and is it worth it? In the digital attention economy,...
2019 – The year of the Social Superpowers
A time of paradoxes We live in truly interesting times. Our world has never been more interconnected, and yet as individuals in that world, we have oftentimes never felt more disconnected, from ourselves and one another. The better we become at using technology to...
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