School Notes
Date posted: 聽 Dec 08, 2020
Testing Your Blind Spots
On December 7, the Carroll School of Management held its third forum on 鈥渋nclusive leadership,鈥� part of a聽year-long series. The latest event took a more personal look at blind spots and unconscious bias (addressed also during聽the second forum). 鈥淲e鈥檙e always going to have blind spots. We鈥檙e not perfect. We鈥檙e human,鈥� said diversity expert Carol Fulp, adding鈥斺�淚t鈥檚 our responsibility to be monitoring those blindspots.鈥� Attendees shared examples of blind spots they had experienced along lines of race, age, and socioeconomic class. Fulp聽encouraged listeners to聽聽by assessing 鈥渨hat I did well, how I made an impact, and what I would have done differently鈥� to combat bias.