Sessions

Human capital is the greatest asset of any company/organization, and recruiting and retaining high-performing employees is key to competitive performance. While it is well-established that diversity increases creativity and problem-solving, hidden biases may deprive companies from acquiring precious talent. In this session, you will engage in an interactive exercise— “Choose Your Group”—which will mimic selecting the best team for a project. The simulation will open with a video that provides the background of an organizational challenge. You will then experience the interplay of balancing the professional, personal and diverse portfolios of potential team members with the specifics of a task and your own preconceived perceptions. The session will illustrate the fallacies that there is a single successful solution to any challenge and that people tend to be neutral. In this session, you will learn to:

• Increase your self-awareness related to unconscious bias in self and others.
• Recognize systemic factors that can remedy implicit bias.
• Improve team-building skills.