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Itâs Not The SharkâItâs The Water: What Companies Misunderstand About DEI Data Share to Linkedin When we talk about bias in our organizations and institutions, many of us look for sharks. Unconscious bias in our interview process? Shark. Style-based feedback in performance reviews for women but not men? Another shark. Pay inequity? Uneven promotion rates? Usability issues in our products? Shark! Shark! Shark! getty For all the danger of lurking sharks, though, weâre largely missing the mark. Bias isnât the shark. Bias is the water. Hereâs how to expand your thinking and take the temperature of that waterâso you can start to change the whole ecosystem. ....
Hint: think with your stomach. These phrases use “food as metaphor” to help us better conceptualize the way we relate to the abstract ideas of media & information. Since both food and media are things we consider to consume, there are many shared metaphors between them. But why should we care to better understand our relationship with information? Read this sentence. Now read it again 90 times. Humans in developed countries today consume a staggering 90 times more information than they did in 1940. According to the same study, we now spend 80% of our waking hours consuming information, as opposed to just 15% in 1940. That’s 4 out of every 5 waking minute consuming information! ....
Mississippi’s ‘education governor,’ William Winter, dies Mississippi’s ‘education governor,’ William Winter, dies Winter Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, who championed education initiatives, job creation, and racial harmony throughout his life, died Friday Dec. 18, 2020, at age 97. Known as Mississippi’s Education Governor, Winter secured passage of landmark educational initiatives in 1982 bringing kindergartens, compulsory school attendance, and a range of other key reforms to a state plagued by poverty and illiteracy. During his remarkable 75 years of public service, Winter linked education with economic development in the nation’s poorest state, observing, “The road out of the poor house, runs past the school house.” ....