Unconscious bias (or implicit bias) is everywhere. It’s an innocuous trait that influences who we hire, the neighborhoods we live in, how we talk about different people, and even what we see in an internet search query. This article in Forbes magazine described a study where an AI algorithm learned to associate women with images of a kitchen from reviewing … Read More
Claudia Gomez-Villeneuve: How to find your Dream Job
The impact of women lacking in engineering managerial positions Forbes have reported more than once that companies led by women are more profitable, more competitive and better managed. In spite of that, female representation in engineering companies, let alone women in managerial positions still has room for improvement. Women lack of participation in the Engineering fields is due to different … Read More
Meghana Valupadas: What Do You Know About Identities?
What do we make of gender-racial-sexual identities? Studies show that diversity, inclusion, and gender equality positively correlate with company profitability and success. Additionally, companies with diverse employees show a larger capacity of innovation leading to a 19% increase in profits. Yet, initiatives to increase diversity, inclusion, and gender equality are oftentimes not a priority in most organizations. To understand why, … Read More
Ania Ulrich: Empowering People through Stress Management
A Constant In Our Lives Stress is defined as force over area. Currently, with everything that is going around us, forces tend to increase at a constant rate and area for us to process is decreasing. Thus, when such stress is being forced on our body not only from personal perspective but also standing up for oneself in a gender … Read More