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Beyond Your Blind Spots: 3 Steps to Overcoming Bias and Creating a Kinder World
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If we’re serious about building a kinder, more inclusive world, we need to start with an honest look inward. In this episode, Shola Richards shares three powerful, research-backed strategies to identify and reduce our unconscious biases, and explains how doing so can transform how we lead, love, and live.
In this episode:
- Why isolation strengthens stereotypes, and how to break the cycle
- What Harvard's Implicit Association Test can teach you about your blind spots
- How to choose observation over assumption in everyday life
- Why good intentions aren’t enough if the impact is harmful
- Practical, doable steps to challenge bias in real time
Resources Mentioned:
Take the Implicit Association Test (IAT): https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
Whether you're a leader, teacher, parent, or human being who just wants to do better, this episode is your guide to addressing your unconscious biases in pursuit of a kinder world.
00:00 - Episode 13: Tackling Unconscious Bias
01:04 - A Personal Story of Implicit Bias
02:57 - Understanding the Impact of Bias
03:51 - Strategy 1: Familiarize Yourself with Diversity
10:35 - Strategy 2: Learn About Your Own Biases
19:14 - Strategy 3: Observe Objectively
24:43 - Conclusion: The Journey to a Kinder World
🔗 Connect with Shola:
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Website – sholarichards.com
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