Unconscious Bias in the Workplace: What Is It and How Can You Change It
in the Workplace? Often operating beneath the surface of our conscious awareness, unconscious bias in the workplace can manifest in subtle ways. It is important to differentiate here between unconscious bias and explicit discrimination. While explicit discrimination is overt and intentional, unconscious bias is a result of our brains processing information quickly, leading to unintentional prejudices. Psychological factors, such as cognitive shortcuts and societal influences, contribute to the formation of implicit biases. The impacts of these unconscious biases on workplace