"Thinking is difficult. That's why most people judge." Carl Jung

This idea of judgment and laziness rather than deliberation and thoughtfulness very often is the foundation of implicit bias. We stereotype and generalize as a way to protect ourselves from and against those things with which we are not familiar. It's safe. It's easy. It's a sure fire way to guarantee homogeneity and a lack of inclusion.

One of the most common and insidious forms workplace-infecting implicit bias is affinity bias - the tendency to connect with people with whom you share interests or experiences. The failure to recognize and/or to take steps against affinity bias can have massive and negative ramifications, including everything from hiring to workplace culture to retention to an unwillingness or over-willingness to provide meaningful performance ma ...