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Date posted: 聽 Dec 08, 2020

Testing Your Blind Spots

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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.