A survey within the Harvard’s Project Implicit study, showed that both males and females were unconsciously gender-biased and considered men more apt for career pursuits, while women were thought of as better homemakers. And though unconscious bias itself isn’t particularly bad, the implications can be dire.
Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the US experience mental health challenges every year. More than half of individuals in middle‐ and high‐income countries will experience at least one psychological disorder in their lives. And depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide.
The share of women in the United States labor force has leveled off since the 1990s, after steadily climbing for half a century. Today, the share of women age 25 to 54 who work is about the same as it was in 1995, even though in the intervening decades, women have been earning more college degrees than men, entering jobs previously closed to them and delaying marriage and childbirth.
A decked-out trailer was set up in Chicago’s Millennium Park on Sept. 5 as an orchestra practiced its set list in the nearby Jay Pritzker Pavilion. The vehicle, called the Check Your Blind Spots mobile experience, was part of a diversity and inclusion-centric concert series organized by the group Chicago United.
Caring for aging parents is a journey many of us will take in our lives. Some will plan ahead, while others will unexpectedly become caregivers and learn as they go. Many will encounter common challenges: parents who need but refuse help, a fragmented health care system, the staggering cost of care and the daunting task of somehow finding time to juggle it all. But of all the difficulties family caregivers face, one of the biggest sources of stress is trying to get on the same page with our siblings.
More than a decade after the introduction of the first smartphone, we are now awash in always-on technologies—email, IM, social media, Slack, Yammer, and so on. All that connectivity means we are constantly sharing our ideas, knowledge, thinking, and answers. Surely that “wisdom of the crowd” is good for problem solving at work, right?