Panel at Carbon Five:
Join us for a panel conversation and open discussion about unconscious bias with Natalie Sue Johnson and Sonya Green. We'll discuss what it is, how it affects our workplaces and how we can learn to prevent it from negatively affecting our interactions with others.
Please bring your curious questions and experiences for sharing!
10. #UnconsciousBias
Unconscious bias.
People are faced with 11 million pieces of information at
any given moment.*
*Wilson, Timothy. Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious. As referenced in ‘You Are More Biased Than You
Think.’ Fast Company, author Jane Porter, October 6, 2014
11. #UnconsciousBias
Unconscious bias.
People are faced with 11 million pieces of information at
any given moment.
You can’t process it all, so your brain takes shortcuts.
*Wilson, Timothy. Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious. As referenced in ‘You Are More Biased Than
You Think.’ Fast Company, author Jane Porter, October 6, 2014
18. #UnconsciousBias
Social interactions.
Casual conversations
Negotiations
Meeting behavior
Reversing the gender gap
in negotiations study
Kray, Laura J., Adam D. Galinsky, and Leigh Thompson. "Reversing the gender gap in negotiations: An exploration of stereotype
regeneration." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 87.2 (2002): 386-410.
27. #UnconsciousBias
Harvard implicit association tests
Mapping keys
Match good or bad
Overlay potential bias
Rapid decisions
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
At the bottom, click "I wish to proceed"
29. #UnconsciousBias
Agile XP
Pairing (experiential rather than analytic)
Dailies (frequent interactions)
Iteration & Reflection (repeatable, continuous learning)
Cross-functional teams (client-vendor, design-developer, manager-
employee, man-woman, etc.)
http://agilemanifesto.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherence_therapy
30. #UnconsciousBias
NVC (nonviolent communication)
Evolved from Marshal Rosenberg’s work with civil rights activists in early 1960’
s and his search for a way to rapidly disseminate peacemaking skills.
Observation (facts as distinct from our evaluation)
Feelings (emotions or sensations, free of thought and story)
Needs (universal human needs)
Request (request for a specific action, free of demand)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_Communication