Redesigning the Playing Field for Real Results
summary
Claims that changing people’s minds will fix inequity are wrong; decades of research (50–60 years on bias training) show trainings score high on satisfaction yet produce no measurable hiring or promotion changes at 3–18 months. Instead organizations get real results by debias systems not brains: use data to identify gaps, set data-driven targets with incentives and accountability, and redesign hiring, promotion, feedback, leave and remote-work policies. The ADA example shows environmental fixes help everyone, not just the targeted group.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:54What is diversity
- 2:53Debias
- 3:57Training
- 6:47Equity is the responsibility of Dei professionals
- 8:11Equity is not compatible with meritocracy
- 9:41Zero sum mindset
- 12:13Let go of the myth
- 14:25Recap
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