Bias Check-In

Well folks, you now know that we know that you know that the time has come for BCI and for us to pivot -If you have followed us this far, we hope you have learned and laughed along with us through the years. BCI episodes will remain online, our social channels will stay open, and we hope you will keep in touch with us and follow Susy’s analytics adventures and more on @work_psych on Instagram. Gra...

What is scarier: working multiple gigs, or being caught lying about it? Join us this week as we discuss dual employment, moonlighting, and the overemployment trend - Is it legal? Is it ethical? Maybe most importantly, is it...feasible? Is the hustle worth the hassle? Let's Check-In!

Interviews are the first dates of the corporate world - and while we like to believe we know a red flag 🚩 when we see it... What about green, beige flags, or yellow flags? What are interview quirks, and what are undisputable non-negotiable warning signs? Let's Check-In!

We know that a solid professional network is paramount to one’s career, but how does gender - and gendered behavior - factor into who we choose to shake hands with and who we seek out for mentorship? Join us this week as we look at how women and men approach networking differently, how much size really matters, and a few tricks to beat our biases. Let’s Check-In!

Join us this week as we chat through some myths about women and the workplace - from McKinsey & LeanIn. Org’s latest workplace report, to glass ceilings, ambition, cliffs to scale and stairs to be fixed. Let’s Check-In!

Join us this week as we look at the end of the WGA (Writers Guild of America) strike, the trouble brewing in Detroit with the United Automotive Workers (UAW) and its far-reaching impact, and last but not least: what happens when the one not reporting for work indefinitely....is the federal government? Let's Check-In! **Note: we recorded this ahead of the Saturday night vote that is allowing Co...

Would you rather help us celebrate our third birthday or learn a little bit about yours truly? Join us this week to take a look back on our favorite episode of the year, take a peek behind the curtain and into our work bags, and who knows, get to know us a bit better? Let’s Check-In!

Hi everyone! Welcome back after a well-deserved summer break. Join us for a little recap of our multiple flights and our last AITA story! Let’s Check-In

We have known for a hot minute that what we do affects the environment... yet here we are. Join us in looking at corporate responsibilities, climate change, and where even to start to think about how what we do at work impacts the environment. Let's Check-In!

Traveling for work - exciting, stressful, boring, tiresome…awkward? Confusing? You be the judge (with us) in this month’s AITA episode. Let’s Check-In!

Ah, meetings. The bane of workers' calendars since collaboration's dawn. Do we need meetings? Could they be replaced by emails and written memos? And if not, what can we do to make them more efficient, less frequent, and hopefully more bearable? Let's Check-In!

Welcome to Leadership 102, our second #BacktoBasics episode exploring leadership and those who wield power. Are leaders born? Made? What types of power can we have? What do we think of as leadership traits and behaviors? Let's Check-In!

Temperatures and tempers often rise along each other - but the midday sun is no excuse to throw shade! In this torrid AITA we look at all the scorching burns some left in their wakes working outdoors, napping, and offering "experience" as compensation. Let's Check-In!

So many little and not so little things that can improve daily tasks are initially designed as disability supports - from bendy straws to keyboards, voice recognition software, and more. Despite the universality and versatility of accommodations (or "productivity enhancers") , it's still scary to discuss them in the workplace. Join us as we talk through how we have approached the accommodations ta...

Leader, follower, manager... Those are intuitive terms to most, but also somehow hard to define - almost as hard as determining what comes first: manager or leader? Tune in for this week's #BacktoBasics where we look at leadership KSAOs and how they evolve. Let's Check-In!

The Cure sang Friday, I'm in love...But are we in the office, especially when the sun shines outside? We owe summer Fridays to the NYC Mad Men, but as time goes by, it might be time to look beyond the long weekend to even more flexible time management policies. Let's Check-In!

Happy Pride month, listeners! Join us for a June AITA episode that is all about humor, silver linings, and everyone being able to bring their whole self to work... Minus the bigots, of course. Let's Check-In!

Pour yourself a cup of ambition and let's be candid: how many hours do we actually work in a week? How many hours are we just kind of...there and available to others? Enter the latest workplace buzzword - "jobless employment" and its all-too-common counterpart: feeling used and taken advantage of in the workplace. Let's Check-In!

Welcome to one of the many IO dilemmas: What is organizational culture, and what is climate when it comes to workplaces? How can we draw the line between one and the other? Are definitions universal or subjective? Would you believe that...it depends? Let's Check-In!

Repeat with us: PTO is part of compensation. We would not turn down a paycheck, so why does it feel so different to take a break from work? How soon and often should you give notice you will be OOO? Do you keep Slack on 24/7/365? Let's Check-In!

Opinions, coffee cakes, or office mugs - Where do we draw the line between being nice and oversharing, reasonable expectations, and....the less reasonable? Join us this week to see how IOs, remote workers, and colleagues navigate these situations and sometimes wonder... AITA? Let's Check-In!

What do SIOP, socks, and scarves share beyond alliteration? Why of course, they've been in our carry-ons and on our minds! Join us this week as we recap Susy's Boston SIOP days and Claudia's work trip back to the Midwest - Let's Check-in!

Love or hate it, embrace or fight it - Change is a constant of life and work, so what can we do? Tune in for a Back To Basics episode, and find out why organizational consultants aren't so different from personal trainers - for workplaces, that is. Let's Check-In!

What constitutes "plans"? What should children hear (or not) about their family's workday? Is it really that bad to steal a snack from your coworker? When is it ok to discuss religion in the workplace? Join us for this week's AITA episode as we talk through workplace squabbles. Let's Check-In!

ChatGPT, resume-scanning applicant tracker systems, chat-robot-recruiters... Technology is solving more and more modern problems but also exacerbating faulty reasoning and biases with very tangible, real-world consequences. Join us this week as we chat with data journalist Meredith Broussard about her latest book, "More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender and Ability Bias in Tech" an...