At a recent conference with a large number of HR directors, the keynote speaker asked the audience, comprising 183 HR directors, “How many of you have invested in unconscious bias training?” All 183 hands went straight up in the air. They were then asked, “How many of you have seen benefit from your investment?” One hundred and eighty-two hands went straight down again – one brave HR director kept his hand in the air, albeit rather limply.
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