Howard Ross on the impact of bias on our perspective

Our unconscious bias shapes our perspective in ways we don’t easily recognize or accept.

Just days after the 2020 election in the U.S., we discuss how we all are affected by bias – in ways that we find hard to manage and hard to believe. Our emotional reactions are so fast and our commitment to our rationalizations so strong that it is difficult for us to change our own minds or to see that others may have their own values and perspectives that seem completely legitimate to them. The first steps to communicating with each other are accepting our humanity and being open to at least hearing an opposing point of view. 

Howard mentioned his three books: Reinventing Diversity, Everyday Bias, and Our Search for Belonging.  You can learn more about his work and contact him through LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardjross/ , https://howardjross.com/ , or https://udarta.com/

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