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    Erasing Institutional Bias: How to Create Systemic Change for Organizational Inclusion
    Erasing Institutional Bias: How to Create Systemic Change for Organizational Inclusion
    Erasing Institutional Bias: How to Create Systemic Change for Organizational Inclusion
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    Erasing Institutional Bias: How to Create Systemic Change for Organizational Inclusion

    Written by Tiffany Jana and Ashley Diaz Mejias

    Narrated by Janina Edwards

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    All humans have bias, and as a result, so do the institutions we build. Internationally sought-after diversity consultant Tiffany Jana empowers listeners to work against institutional bias no matter what their position is in an organization.

    Building upon the revelatory power of her book Overcoming Bias, which addressed managing individual and interpersonal bias, Erasing Institutional Bias scales up the framework to impact systemic change in organizations. Jana and co-author Ashley Diaz Mejias bring together in-depth research on how biases become embedded into workplace cultures with practical and engaging tools that will mobilize listeners toward action. They confront specific topics such as racism, sexism, hiring and advancement bias and retribution bias, meaning when organizations develop a culture of aggression, and offer solutions for identifying and controlling them.

    This audiobook urges listeners to ask questions such as, “Are we attempting to create systems in which all people can thrive? What kind of world and what kind of workplaces are we cultivating?” These questions, the authors say, must first be answered by ourselves, recognizing our own role in perpetuating harmful biases that come to define institutions.

    In a world divided, Erasing Institutional Bias is designed to raise awareness about imbalances and help us hold ourselves accountable for creating a world that works for everyone. Each of us can evaluate our own current role in perpetuating systemic bias and define our new role in breaking it down. Jana and Mejias inspire and equip us so that we can all affect organizational change, together.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBerrett-Koehler Publishers
    Release dateOct 23, 2018
    ISBN9781523097616
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    Tiffany Jana

    Dr. Tiffany Jana is the CEO of TMI's Portfolio, a collection of companies working to advance inclusive workplaces. TMI Consulting, a TMI Portfolio company founded by Dr. Jana, was named a Best for the World B Corporation in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021. Dr. Jana was awarded the B Corp community's highest honor, the Tal Haussig Award, in 2020. She is also the coauthor of Overcoming Bias, Erasing Institutional Bias, and the second edition of the B Corp Handbook.

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    • 5/5
      This was a great book. The stats are a reminder that we have work to do.
      Retribution bias was a real eye opener.
      The different chapters were on point for many of the things I already knew.
      I would recommend this book to everyone.