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Organizational Health, Diversity What if we’re going about this inclusion thing all wrong? "Most people understand that inclusion is a noble virtue and want to do the right thing. We even think of ourselves as open-minded. But our brains are beset with powerful programming that leads us astray, a form of cultural malware that compels us to quickly assess some people as competent, empathetic, and all the good leadership things, and others as not measuring up." But, according to Lisa Kepinski and Tinna Nielsen, rather than tackling the grand moral issues associated with bias, a more effective way to learn to see more clearly is to "rewire" our brains with small changes. "Behavioral and system changes, consistently applied, can begin to help the individual brain form new patterns and companies to make progress." "This is the gently persuasive idea behind Inclusion Nudges, a nonprofit organization they founded in 2013 to research, collect, and share the best behavioral insights to help hapless humans become better at navigating our inevitable blind spots."
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