by Franklin Wordsmith | Jan 5, 2021 | Leadership
Start Rebuilding Social Trust Unlike other established democracies, in the last 50+ years, people in the U.S. have become less likely to trust each other. That means we’re talking about something much bigger than polarization. It’s called social trust: our...
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 | 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...
by Franklin Wordsmith | May 24, 2018 | Neuroscience
I held a garage sale last weekend. All sorts of people wandered through.After observing how they looked, spoke and handled objects, I started forming opinions and making judgments:The man who offered me $2 for a $5 electric hedge trimmer The woman who complimented...
