Recognizing Biases

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Recognizing Biases

Immersive learning module

Recognizing Biases

As humans, everyone has biases, whether conscious or unconscious. Even today, parts of the workforce are unfairly excluded from experiences and opportunities for which they are qualified. From recruiting and development, to promotions and day-to-day interactions, age, gender, race, disability status, and other biases impact workplace dynamics and decisions. Recognizing bias and having conversations about it can be difficult for leaders and employees alike. Awareness, understanding and knowledge of how to manage situations where bias is making an impact, is crucial to ensuring a fair and inclusive work environment for all.

Module Details

In this ‘Recognizing Biases’ learning module, learners take on the role of a producer at a fictional large tech company. They are tasked with filling a programmer position with an experienced candidate who can hit the ground running. The learner must interview three candidates and find the right one for the role, while navigating their own biases. They will learn how to identify and mitigate the common biases found in the workplace.

Skills practiced

Critical Thinking
Cultural Intelligence
Decision Making
Empathy
Impartiality
Resolving Issues
Respectfulness
Self-Awareness
Self-Evaluation
Self-Regulation
Stress Management

Module Details

Learning Goal

Learners are able to explore bias within the workplace. They will learn how to identify and mitigate gender, age, and racial bias, while discovering their own biases and becoming more aware of it.

Target learners

Everyone

PREREQUISITES

None

SUPPORTED HARDWARE:

Meta Quest 1, 2 & Pro
Desktop Streaming

Critical Thinking Essentials Immersive Learning Series

‘Recognizing Biases’ is part of the ‘Critical Thinking Essentials’ learning series, which provides an immersive learning experience for the workforce to further develop their critical thinking ability, including to think clearly, understand logical connections, and question assumptions. Powered by Talespin’s CoPilot soft skills training platform, learners experience higher levels of engagement, leading to increased knowledge retention, greater confidence in their abilities to be successful in the areas learned, and greater commitment to implement in practice what they learned during the experience.

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