Ideas worth spreading

Redesigning our workplaces for more inclusion and diversity

Bibi Groot |

TEDxPorto

• April 2022

We make sense of the world using as little conscious mental energy as possible. In fact, 99.99% of all of our mental processing happens unconsciously. But these mental shortcuts and snap judgements create bias, which is bad news for diversity and inclusion. Behavioural scientist Bibi Groot offers a new approach to building fair workplaces: focus on changing your policies and processes, and our minds will follow.

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We make sense of the world using as little conscious mental energy as possible. In fact, 99.99% of all of our mental processing happens unconsciously. But these mental shortcuts and snap judgements create bias, which is bad news for diversity and inclusion. Behavioural scientist Bibi Groot offers a new approach to building fair workplaces: focus on changing your policies and processes, and our minds will follow.

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