by Franklin Wordsmith | Jun 22, 2020 | Neuroscience
Be Aware of Your Unconscious and Casual Racism A friend—another white woman businessowner—and I were talking about racial inequality. It’s true: we believed we knew something about unfair treatment in the business world. For me, it was being offered a lower salary...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Aug 29, 2019 | Leadership
OK: I fixed my issue with YouTube! You can either watch the video or read the article.The Cold, Hard TruthA lot of times we suffer from something called “frozen thinking.” This is when we have such a long and deeply held belief in something that we no longer question...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Apr 18, 2019 | Neuroscience
I was writing emails to schedule conversations with potential business partners. Once we agreed on a time, I replied with an Outlook calendar invite. Since no one had asked for this, I included a note saying, “I hope you find these invitations as useful as I...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Apr 2, 2019 | Neuroscience
Bias is defined as a prejudice in favor of — or against — a thing, person or group.The tough thing about unconscious bias is that we don’t know we’re doing it. And it’s often counter to our conscious beliefs.This bias happens because our...
