Siri Chilazi

To make workplaces more fair, companies often invest their time and resources in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. But because inequity is built into the structures, processes, and environments of our workplaces, adding these programs has been ineffective and can become a burden passed off to the individuals they are meant to help. In this talk that will transform how you think about DEI, Siri Chilazi offers data-backed, actionable solutions to redesign how we work in order to build fairness into the very fabric of our workplaces. Using her three-part framework, you can embed fairness into your everyday practices no matter your role, seniority, responsibilities, or location in the world.

Believing in equal opportunity is essential — but it isn’t enough. Despite lots of talk and well-intentioned activity, our current approaches to creating diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces have not translated into real, measurable results, nor progress at the pace many of us would like to see. In this paradigm-shifting discussion, we dive into why that is and discover a new, evidence-based roadmap for the way forward so that we can finally focus our efforts on what works to create better and fairer workplaces.

In this popular talk for HR audiences, Siri Chilazi shares evidence-based and behaviorally-informed strategies that leaders and organizations of all sizes can implement immediately to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in hiring. Despite our best intentions, unconscious biases — both at the individual and systemic level — sometimes get in the way of making the most objective and fair decisions. Fortunately, behavioral science research points to effective and proven ways we can redesign our hiring processes for true equity, often with surprisingly low cost and high speed.