THANK YOU for making the time to participate and contribute to the EDI Training for the staff, as coordinated by Science World. Please find below the descriptions and the most currently-used visuals for following module:
Unconscious Bias
Also below are the results of the polls from each of the sessions. If you would like one of the slides as a PDF, or have a question or some feedback, please feel free to send us an email directly at info@iexcellencestrategy.com.
Module
Unconscious Bias
Cohort 1 - April 12, 2022
Cohort 2 - April 22, 2022
At the core of inclusive leadership and intercultural capacity is self-awareness: a deep understanding of one’s implicit (or personal) bias and the systemic biases that affect all kinds of decision-making. As an extension of the emphasis on self-awareness in the MBTI training, this module was devoted to understanding key forms of implicit bias that commonly affect workplaces (affinity bias; confirmation bias; and social comparison bias) in general, and three behavioural biases that specifically disadvantage women in the workplace. This module led participants in identifying and sharing examples of unconscious bias in the workplace and other work-related environments.
With a specific focus on bringing awareness to and disrupting unconscious and cultural bias in the selection process of new hires, this session provided an understanding of how biases are formed in our unconscious, and specifically addressed the following:
Gender Biases:
Maternal bias;
Competency/Likeability trade-off bias;
Performance attribution bias.
Affinity bias;
Confirmation bias
Social comparison bias;
Attribution error;
Distance bias.
Unconscious Bias Handout Package (PDF download)
“How To Fight Racial Bias When It's Silent And Subtle.” (NPR)
Additional Resources
Books:
The Person You Mean to Be by Dolly Chugh
ReInventing Diversity: Transforming Organization Community to Strengthen People, Purpose, and Performance by Howard J. Ross
Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald
Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit
Interviews:
Are you a 'Good-ish' Person? How to Push Past your Biases (Interview with Dolly Chugh on her book The Person you Mean to Be)
Caroline Criado-Perez on Data Bias and 'Invisible Women' (Interview with author of Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men)
Videos:
Module
Active Bystander Training
Cohort 1 - May 6, 2022
Cohort 2 - May 17, 2022
Active Bystander Scenarios
Colleague-to-colleague scenarios
(Groups 1) A colleague misgenders a new employee by using the wrong pronouns. The new employee corrects them. Another staff member overhears the colleague say, “You don’t look trans.”
(Groups 2) A colleague says, “Do we really need to be doing this EDI stuff? I haven’t seen any discrimination at Science World. We’re all so busy. Why can’t we just get on with our jobs?”
Guest-related scenarios
(Group 3) A guest says to your BIPOC colleague, “I want to speak to someone who speaks proper English. I don’t understand your accent.”
(Group 4) A guest says to an Asian-presenting guest or to your Asian colleague: “You people are responsible for the pandemic.”