Overcoming Bias Requires Education, Implementation and Practice
31st October 2018Diversity has been proven to be beneficial in all levels within a company. But what is the best way to achieve it? In our #Diversity Series of the week we analyse how companies can commit to a sustained inclusive work environment. Over the last few weeks, we’ve analysed the concept of bias and evidenced the prejudicial…
Spotting Bias in the Workplace
24th October 2018We started our #Diversity Series last week by explaining the process of bias in our brain and how to acknowledge it. Today we will focus on how and where unconscious bias can take place in your work routine. As introduced here, unconscious bias is a process developed by our brain to make social categories. It is…
Unconscious Bias Starts With You
17th October 2018Today marks the first day of our new Diversity Series! Every Wednesday for the next few weeks we will be discussing topics concerning the challenges and importance of diversity and inclusion, a mission we’re passionate about at Abodoo. The key to understanding the concept of unconscious bias is to realize that everyone has unconscious biases.…
Are Unconscious Biases Ruining Your Chances Of Smart Working Success?
30th August 2018Smart working is – so the rhetoric goes – a win-win scenario… Workers have, quite literally, a world of greater employment opportunities open to them, no longer restricted to jobs available only in their local area. The ability to work from home, often with more flexible working hours, affords the freedom to do the school…
Diversity in Industry: Mining From the Other Side of the World
22nd August 2018Last week was all about diversity in the workplace, this week we are all about diversity in industry! SmartWorking methods are no longer sector specific, instead they’re opening endless opportunities across industries. Hot Off the Press: This week, a mining operator based in Australia sat down at a control station and began remotely operating mining…
How Gender affects Workplace recognition
16th August 2018Many of us can remember the days in primary school, when the boys wanted to hustle with the boys and the girls want to play with the girls. “Cooties”, galore. Yet research has shown that many people continue to prefer same-gender friendships even into adulthood which inevitably filters into workplace relationships. According to Namely’s Workplace Diversity…
Diversity: The Problems, The Solution
2nd August 2018Whether you’re writing the perfect cover letter or making sure you don’t slip up in the interview, getting a job is one of the most stressful situations we can find ourselves in. It’s easy to blame our failure to secure a position on the other candiadate’s superior skills and experience, but more often than not…