BREAKING THRU BIAS

About Breaking Thru Bias

Bias is a concept that can be difficult to approach, as it affects people differently depending on gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, etc. However, there are steps we can all take in our lives to ensure that we are acknowledging and challenging the biases that we possess and observe in others.

Program Outcomes:

  • Understand how biased thought and actions occur.

  • Learn a framework for choosing your best response when bias is at play.

  • Understand what it takes to influence change.

  • Develop skill in communicating and acting in a way that influences change when experiencing or observing bias.

LEARNING APPROACH

  • Self-paced modules followed by an engaging 2-hour instructor-led live session, with the option to add on follow-up and reinforcement activities.

  • Time-efficient, engaging learning journey distributed via a learning portal

  • Creates a proactive, positive learning experience by neutralizing the stigma of bias and providing a framework for influencing change that is easy to understand and apply

  • Engaging design takes participants through self-awareness steps, interactive polling, and virtual small group discussions and practice sessions

  • Creates a psychologically safe environment for exploring bias and strategies for responding to bias when it occurs

  • Appeals to all learning styles and engages everyone

  • Accommodates 12 to 100 participants in a single 2-3 hour workshop

  • Potential for custom learning journey and practice scenarios that reflect company-specific cultural realities, organizational work environment challenges, key inclusion goals, etc.