By taking this course, you will gain practical knowledge, tools, and techniques to understand the widespread phenomenon of unconscious bias, to deconstruct your own biases, and to more effectively recognize, navigate, and change biased policies and systems. 

Through our experiential exercises, you will learn to discern how the neural mechanisms that give rise to unconscious bias correspond to sensations in your body and to narratives in your mind, so that you can be mindful when biases arise in your everyday professional and personal life. 

The course also guides you through techniques to activate neural pathways that enable you to counteract biases and more effectively engage with people whose perspectives and backgrounds may be very different from your own.

At the end of this course, you will: 

• Understand how the associative activation of neurons leads to the formation of unconscious bias.
• Observe and sense how biases are marked by emotional valence and are associated with three patterns of brain activation.
• Identify patterns for “universal” biases that are hard-wired into the human brain.
• Understand the effects of social conditioning, power dynamics, and intersectionality on career progression, and apply neuroscience and mindfulness to address and counter these effects.