Break the Bias

We’re in the middle of a pandemic and a recession, and women and people of color may be among the hardest hit. In this episode of Breaking the Bias , Holly Corbett , Director of Content at Consciously Unbiased, speaks to Jennifer Streaks , financial commentator, news personality and personal finance contributor for CNBC. Jennifer shares candid advice on the money moves we should all be making duri...

Biases surrounding gender inequality are being pushed to the forefront amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As employees work from home and may have to manage domestic and work responsibilities, or grapple with isolation or illnesses, leaders are being called to reexamine how they practice inclusion. In this episode of Breaking the Bias, Holly Corbett, Director of Content at Consciously Unbiased, interview...

We’re experiencing a loss of our normal routines and, for many of us, our normal ways to connect, as well as uncertainty about the future. This can lead to feeling heightened emotions—and we’re experiencing this on a collective level. But identifying exactly what we are feeling and knowing how to process those mix of feelings may not always be easy—especially during this time when many of us are c...

At Consciously Unbiased we believe we are all different; we all belong. Our differences can also be our greatest strengths. Not everyone has strengths that can check a box during the interview process. April is World Autism Month . In this special episode of Breaking the Bias , Director of Content Holly Corbett interviewed different voices who advocate for neurodiversity , which is the idea that n...

Kay Fabella is many things: a leadership coach, diversity and inclusion consultant , podcast hos t, storyteller, and entrepreneur. Kay is also a first-generation Filipina-American living in Madrid, Spain. She is the author of Rewrite Your Story , in which she shares her personal experience with burnout and depression. In this episode of Breaking the Bias , Kay talks about how no one realized—until...

The coronavirus pandemic may be the most unpredictable crisis we’ve ever collectively experienced. While there is no playbook for companies on how to manage amidst such uncertainty, those who let their diversity and inclusion initiatives fall to the wayside may be less likely to survive. Employees are organizations’ greatest resource. On this episode of Breaking the Bias, Ruth Umoh , diversity and...

Cut is known for its viral videos that challenge stereotypes and uncover biases. From asking black men ages five to 50 to say one word that they associate with “police” on camera, to asking guessers to name which kind of “Asian” people are in a lineup ,  co-founder Michael Gaston is proving that simple questions have the gravity to shift hearts and minds when they go viral. Consciously Unbias...

Networks are of course key to success for both genders, but research by the Harvard Business Review finds that women with a close inner circle of other women are more successful, while there was no link found for men’s success in terms of the gender composition of their inner circles. One female entrepreneur, Gesche Haas , understands that women who help other women go further. She created Dreamer...

Research on remote work before COVID-19 found that " burnout goes down, and job satisfaction goes up ." For the knowledge workers whose companies have instituted working at home during this public health crisis, it may help normalize flexible working policies and create a new normal. We spoke with Paul Estes , author of the new book The Gig Mindset and editor in chief of Staffing.com . Here is Pau...

As you know, February is Black History Month . We don’t think black history should be celebrated for only one month; but should be celebrated every day. At Consciously Unbiased, we’ll be shining a light on the impact makers who are changing the conversation about race in America this month—and all year long. Today we’re talking to K. Credle, business school graduate, former college basketball play...

There are more than 1 billion people with disabilities around the globe, and they have traditionally been an untapped talent pool. Becky Curran Kekula,   motivational speaker and Director of Disability Equality Index (DEI) at Disability:IN, is working to change that. In this episode of Breaking the Bias, Becky shares her experiences in the workplace and living with dwarfism, as well as how sh...

As a white man married to an Indian woman and raising bi-racial children in Boston, Ryan Hayden, partner at PwC, says, “Diversity and inclusion isn't 'an initiative' or some ‘corporate mandate; it's my way of life.” In this episode of Breaking the Bias , Ryan talks about how to create space to have conscious conversations at work and address larger cultural issues surrounding racism, politics and...

In this Conscious Conversation, Tom Voss, author of Where War Ends : A Combat Veteran's 2,700-Mile Journey to Heal, sat down with Consciously Unbiased to discuss his cross-country trek to process the trauma he faced during combat, and to raise awareness about issues impacting veterans. Voss sheds light on how “healing begins when you stop resisting the teachers in your life, no matter their form,...

Consciously Unbiased sat down with human capital expert Daisy Auger-Dominguez, founder and CEO of Auger-Dominguez Ventures , a consultancy that helps organizations build cultures of greater belonging , to uncover her journey to discovering her true purpose, and how she helps leaders and companies to do the same. Auger-Dominguez shares why self reflection can lead to greater impact not only for you...

A Conversation with Amy Doyle, Senior Vice President of Strategic Client Solutions Manpower Group, on how to create a culture of belonging at work, why diversity of thought drives innovation (and how to make that happen), and steps for finding common ground with those who may be different from you.

A Conscious Conversation with Ashish Kaushal,  CEO of HireTalent and co-founder of Consciously Unbiased ; and Akliah Cadeet, founder of Change Cadet , a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) consulting firm.