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Creating a Thriving Culture

Our podcast, Thriving in Business and Life, features colleagues, Will Wilkinson and Christopher Harding, as they share insights and valuable techniques from their new book. (Program begins immediately after a short ad from one of our sponsors.)

Our ongoing written blog, below, provides a forum for our latest thoughts and for your comments and ideas. Please join us in creating an ongoing conversation about the approaches you've experienced that help create a thriving culture at work, in your community, or at home.

The Virus of Bias: Can it Be Stopped?

We know how dangerous a virus can be. They infect our bodies, our computers, and our communication. Worst of all, viruses are invisible and often nearly impossible to detect before they wreak havoc. That’s the bad news. The good news? You can develop B-ray vision (the super power that enables you to see the virus of bias before it does its damage). First, what is a bias and why is it so dangerous? Actually, before that, let’s expose something. Biases are not all bad. In fact,

Is Your Mind Infected?

If you knew that a virus had infected your computer, how quickly would you act to neutralize it? Well, there is ample evidence to suggest that bias cycles, or what we call the Virus of Bias™, work in our minds just like viruses do in computers, damaging our organizations and inhibiting our leaders’ ability to see clearly and make well-informed decisions. As we begin this exploration with you, we’ll start in the same place we do with organizations, by explaining just what a bi

Why Some Companies Are Installing Bias Monitors

We’ve been discussing the “virus of bias” in recent blogs, exploring how it can lead individuals and groups to become “brain blind” to certain people’s talents and abilities. This same phenomenon can lead us to give preferential access and opportunities to those with whom we’re more comfortable while being blind to their shortcomings. One strategy some organizations employ to deal with the counterproductive effects of bias in their workplace is to install Bias Monitors. Sound

What if You're Brain Blind and Don't Know It?

What do you see in this image? Some people see a tired old woman. Others see a stylish, slightly coy young woman. Why? It's an optical illusion that is playing upon your brain's recticular activating system (RAS) so that you see what you first expect to see. Okay, that's just a clevelry done picture, you might say. But have you ever experienced brain blindness in "real life?" How would you know? Let's think about it for a moment . . . have you ever had an moment like this? Yo