Sessions

Concurrent Session
HUMAN KINDS ARE A FUNCTION OF HUMAN MINDS: NEUROSCIENCE AND WHY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IS HARD WORK FOR HUMAN BEINGS
Delaware
Monday 10/24/2011 03:15 PM - 04:30 PM   Add to calendar
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Workplace Application: Get an intriguing look into human behavior from the frameworks of cognitive neuroscience and cognitive psychology in order to better understand human diversity and its link to enhancing inclusion and innovation.

This session is recommended for senior and executive D&I practitioners. This session reinvents Diversity & Inclusion for the 21st century. It provides listeners with a “human behavior” framework for understanding how exclusion and intolerance occur with respect to both people and ideas, even with individuals and in organizations that are committed to diversity and inclusion. The session looks at how closed-mindedness takes place and suggests measures you can take to be more open-minded and to entertain new ideas. Learn how to become more flexible, adaptable and agile— necessary attributes for a 21st century world.

Steve L. Robbins, Ph.D. Photo
Presenter:
Steve L. Robbins, Ph.D., Chief “What If” Officer,
S.L. Robbins & Associates