Feb
17
2010
Research by Catalyst consistently highlights that stereotyping is the biggest barrier for the progression of women in Corporate World.
I believe the fault lies with our brain. It consists of over 180 billion neurons, each processing information through 15,000 synapses per second. So as to be efficient and save energy, the brain “cheats” and creates shortcuts [...]
Tags: bias, breaking gender stereotypes, Catalyst, herrmann, inclusion, innovation, Neuroscience
Jun
02
2009
So, your organisation has a set senior management team, and a concrete workforce. Given recent pressure to downsize, you have just undertaken a cost-cutting exercise and made “excess” staff redundant. In doing so, how did you decide the staff to keep, and the employees to “let go”?
One of the fastest things to happen in the [...]
Tags: bias, diversity of thinking, leadership, prejudices, restructuring