Beyond Bias: Recognize & Replace Biased Habits

Our brains make shortcuts and best guesses in order to minimize the cognitive effort to process the environment around us. Regrettably, shortcuts rely on stereotypes and implicit associations. The SCRIPt‚Ñ¢ Toolkit provides tools and strategies to help individuals decrease bias both in their personal and professional life, as well at the organizational level and beyond. The final three tools include: Recognize & Replace, Information, and Perspective taking. Ultimately, we have to Recognize when we are having a biased thought and Replace it with a different, unbiased response to break down previous associations and prevent discrimination. In order to challenge assumptions, you need to have accurate Information. Finally, in order to truly know someone, you need to take on a new perspective other than your own ‚- their perspective.