In recent years, diversity equity and inclusion (DE&I) has become a rising concern for organization’s. There are various DE&I solutions currently being used today, one of the most popular being unconscious bias training. With as many as 81% of organizations using some form of unconscious bias training, diversity training is a billion-dollar industry in the US alone. But is diversity training really all that it is cracked up to be?
Read MoreDiscrimination has always been prevalent within society. In ancient times this looked like women only serving as a mere tool to cook, clean, and bring up children, and the slavery within Babylon Egypt, and Ancient Greece. Although there is still plenty of work to be done, society has come a long way, especially over the last 120 years, and this blog aims to cover the diversity and inclusion milestones that took place in the UK and US throughout this period.
Read MoreIn this article, we overview some of the cognitive biases that exist and how they impact various stages of a company’s hiring process. There are in fact well over a hundred distinct cognitive biases that affect how we think and judge. Cognitive biases are, simply put, a systematic deviation from rationality in our judgements and thoughts.
Read MoreWe make—unconscious or conscious—decisions that tend to neglect the rules of probability and sometimes even defy logic outright. These lapses in our judgement are known collectively as cognitive biases. While they can be useful in situations where we have limited time or copious amounts of information, they often lead to largely sub-optimal judgements
Read MoreIn this blog post we discuss how and under what circumstances our brains can fail us, how computer algorithms can come to the rescue, the dangers of algorithmic biases and how to avoid them.
Read MoreIn this spirit, it is imperative that we celebrate pride and how far the liberation of LGBT+ rights has come, and understand how far it has yet to go.
Read MoreUnconscious bias is the leading cause for the lack of diversity within the workforce. How do you detect and correct for bias?
Read MoreThe ‘Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram and Tinder’ challenge has got people addicted, however has social media categorised our identity?
Read MoreImplicit bias refers to mental models which individuals may unknowingly use as a guide for taking an action. These mental models may rely on stereotypes or other types of association to help us make decisions.
Read MoreTo succeed in a fast-paced, hyper-competitive global marketplace companies must innovate, but a technology skills shortage is looming.
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