Bias interrupters are a new, data-driven approach that may help eliminate unconscious bias in hiring and promotion. But do the tools truly deliver? -By SHARON ROSS
Rooting out unconscious and systemic bias is one of the thorniest challenges companies face. Yet to truly live up to the ideals of equitable and fair hiring and performance practices, firms can’t give up. In fact, many are adopting a new, data-driven approach to the problem in the form of bias interrupters.
These interrupters have big promise… but can be intense to implement and require discipline at multiple levels to maintain. Yet in as little as a single year, some have been shown to make a dramatic ....