Thought Leaders
Overcoming ‘Expert Bias’ in Order to Innovate
Being an 'expert' is an enormous asset in starting and growing a business. Staying an expert is something else again.
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Business Operations & Logistics
Here’s How to Turn Off Google’s Saved Searches and Personalized Results
Google saves user data to better determine search context, and factors including recent search history can tweak results.
By Hayden Field
Human Resources
With This Company’s New Tool, You Can Run a Free Background Check on Yourself
Checkr sells AI-powered background check software to companies. Now, it's giving job candidates a glimpse into what potential employers might see.
Tech
These Entrepreneurs Are Taking on Bias in Artificial Intelligence
Meet the founders, data scientists and researchers trying to make sure the algorithms that increasingly run our lives are free from bias.
By Liz Webber
Human Resources
6 Common Hiring Practices With Unintentional Bias
These slip-ups are in fact common primarily because the underlying bias is accidental.
Thought Leaders
The Real Reason Starbucks Recently Had to Shut Down: Failure to Tie ‘Time’ to Outcomes
Don't end up like Starbucks with its nationwide closing for anti-bias training. Devote the up-front time needed to make sure employees get it right.
Thought Leaders
5 Ways to Overcome Unconscious Biases That Negatively Impact Selection for High-Performance Jobs at Your Organization
The big question is, are you, as leader, choosing assessment methods that prohibit any biases you might have from coming into play?
Thought Leaders
The 2 Men Wrongfully Arrested at Starbucks Negotiate for a $200,000 Program to Support Young Entrepreneurs
Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson worked with the city of Philadelphia on a grant for public high school students interested in entrepreneurship.
By Hayden Field
Human Resources
5 Ways to Overcome the ‘Beauty Bias’ That Can Hold Your Career Back
How to give yourself every advantage when something like your weight can impact your earnings by nearly $400,000.
By Nina Zipkin
Thought Leaders
Every Hire Has Been a Good One Since This CEO Started Hiring for Values
Hire people who thrive in collaborative environments and culture will take care of itself.
By Amit Sharma
Tech
Why Are Some Bots Racist? Look at the Humans Who Taught Them.
Here are a few things we can do about human biases in machine learning.
By Jordi Torras
Thought Leaders
What Business Leaders Are Getting Wrong About Bias Training
There's little evidence that bias awareness training accomplishes its goals.
Entrepreneurs
Cognitive Biases: A Crash Course for the Millennial Mind
If you think you're in full control of your mind, think again. Here are just a few mental quirks that can hold you back.
Thought Leaders
You’re Right, the ‘System’ Is Rigged Against You. Here’s How to Hack It.
Life isn't fair. Work around it.
Tech
Artificial Intelligence May Reflect the Unfair World We Live in
Our dilemma: Do we "adjust" the neural networks we're creating to make them more fair in an unfair world, or address bias and prejudice in real life?
Thought Leaders
Want Success? Help More, Judge Less.
We are often quick to judge others, without thinking about the biases that affect these judgments.
Human Resources
People Judge Your Face and It Could Affect Your Professional Prospects
They say your eyes are the window to your soul, but they also could be the window to your bank account.
By Nina Zipkin
Thought Leaders
Only You Can Overcome the Invisible Barrier Keeping You From the Best Available Talent
Unconscious bias is a learned mindset. Leaders who truly want the best teams will look beyond their own experiences to attract and retain a diverse workforce.
By Mike Ettling
Human Resources
What You Know That Just Ain’t So Is Killing Your Company
Recognizing our biases makes room for building a creative culture. The alternative is stagnation.
By Beth Miller
Building a Business
The Startups Trying to Fix The Bias Problem in Hiring
Solving the unsolvable problem in human resources.
Thought Leaders
3 Biases That Make the C-Suite Deaf to Young Leaders
Just because they're inexperienced doesn't mean they can't generate great ideas.
Building a Business
Why Studying Your Business Heroes Isn’t Really Helping You Succeed
Mark Zuckerberg is famous for that hoodie he wears. A thousand people who failed without you hearing about it also wore hoodies.
By Iman Jalali
Thought Leaders
What the 1996 Everest Disaster Teaches About Leadership
When leaders fall prey to analytical bias and unexamined assumptions, the consequences can be very bad.
Entrepreneurs
13 Cognitive Biases That Really Screw Things Up For You
Your brain defaults to biased thinking that does more harm than good. Learn what these biases are so that they don't hold you back.
Business News
How Human-Machine Learning Partnerships Can Reduce Unconscious Bias
The human tendency toward bias is so deeply rooted that companies sincere about not discriminating might need machines to help them.
By Brian Uzzi
Building a Business
Workforce Discrimination Is Costing Business $64 Billion Every Year
Raising the issue of job discrimination usually falls to those who are hurt most. Everybody else wants to change the subject.
By Michael Welp
Entrepreneurs
5 Ways to Stop Lazy Thinking and Start Making Better Decisions
The brain is wired one way but what life and business demands requires us to do more than just what autopilot can handle.