Hosting professional development and training for your board on the topic of unconscious bias is an excellent way to start a conversation about how it can challenge efforts to build a culture of inclusion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header><\/div>","rendered":"
It can be a challenge for boards to know where to start in the process of building a culture of inclusion. As you begin, it is important to establish ways that all board members can learn together. Inherent in our interactions with each other and in our decision-making is our unconscious bias.<\/a> Unconscious bias is the result of information, attitudes and stereotypes that influence our thinking at a subconscious level of awareness. Unconscious bias helps us to create \u201cmental shortcuts\u201d to process the immense amount of information that we process every day. While such processing is a critical part of human functioning, the shortcuts we take and the biases that inform those shortcuts often introduce errors into our decision-making.[1]<\/sup><\/a> Each of us is subject to unconscious bias, and it is an area of shared experience.<\/p>\n Hosting professional development and training for your board on the topic of unconscious bias is an excellent way to start a conversation about how it can challenge efforts to build a culture of inclusion.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n