Buki Mosaku - Navigating workplace bias

Keywords

Resilience - Bias - Navigating Bias - Unconscious Bias - Workplace Bias

In this episode of Resilience Unravelled Dr Russell Thackeray talks to Buki Mosaku, one of the world’s foremost bias-navigation experts. Buki is the founder and CEO of Diverse City Think Tank, a workplace bias and diversity-and-inclusion consultancy.

In this podcast Buki discusses the impact of bias in the workplace and suggests a new approach to addressing it by equipping individuals with the skills to navigate bias, rather than labelling certain groups as victims or perpetrators. He talks about the concept of directional bias (bias towards certain groups) and reverse bias (misinterpreting unfavourable decisions as biased) and emphasises the importance of calling out bias and engaging in dispassionate developmental inquiry to address it effectively.

Main topics

• What unconscious bias is
• Why individuals and organisations need to be aware of unconscious bias in order to address it effectively.
• Why the traditional model for addressing workplace bias focuses fails to equip individuals with skills to navigate bias themselves.
• Creating an awareness and culture profile within organizations that promotes a bias-free environment.

Timestamps

1: Introductions - 00:02 - 04.57

2: Examples of Workplace Bias - 4.58 - 10:26

3: Navigating Workplace Bias - 10.27 - 21:21

4: The Power of "I Don't Understand" - 21.22 -

5: Navigating Bias Strategies – 21.23 - 31:58

6: Concluding remarks

Action items

You can find out more about Buki at www.bukimosaku.com His book is Navigating Unconscious Bias in the Workplace