Lorne Epstein

Participants learn and experience the source of their unconscious bias, how it affects their relationships, and ways to mitigate bias and improve their decision-making. This experiential workshop gives participants greater flexibility to make better business choices, see beyond their perceptions, and explore and implement alternatives. (90- 120 minutes) 

Participants will:

• Discover how priming bias works.
• Conduct a personal social network analysis.
• Develop new skills to minimize bias in business decisions.
• Learn how unconscious bias affects diversity and business strategy.
• Use double-loop learning and deductive reasoning to mitigate bias.

Participants develop an awareness of psychological safety to support a culture of sharing ideas with freedom. Participants discuss the literature explaining what psychological safety means, how it improves DE&I and practices on how to create it.

Participants:​

• Explore what psychological safety looks like in the workplace.
• Develop new language and awareness about psychological safety.
• Gain skills to work effectively with co-workers to establish psychological safety in the workplace.
• Practice in small groups to create psychological safety.       

Participants explore how human beings can improve their performance, reinforce positive behaviors and improve negative ones. Participants learn language tools so that when they speak up and have questions, suggestions, or concerns, they are better able to communicate clearly and to hear others. (90 - 120 minutes)

Participants learn the four steps of Collaborative Communication:

• Observing without judging.
• Expressing feelings.
• Clarifying one's needs.
• Making specific requests.  

After taking the Unconscious Bias Workshop, participants complete an action plan to mitigate unconscious bias in their organization. (90 - 120 minutes)

Participants:

• Explore ways to apply tools to mitigate bias in their workplace.
• Create an action plan, including developing and testing one or more solutions in their workplace.
• Gain skills to work effectively with co-workers to develop DE&I solutions.

Participants learn the "Five Pillars Framework" and use this model to explore solutions along five pillars: Metrics & Feedback Loops; Common Language & Awareness; Talent Acquisition Life Cycle; Organizational Processes and Values & Norms