DE(A)I: Breaking Bias in Technology Adoption
Although AI systems can be helpful in the workplace, they are not without their faults. AI can learn bias from its underlying data, making it crucial for humans to monitor the performance of their AI tools. Identifying and intentionally mitigating unconscious bias is a critical step in forming the necessary first principles - as well as priorities, habits and systems - to guide ethical, effective adoption of AI and other emergent technologies.
Learning Objectives:
- Apply evidence-based bias mitigation strategies to better assess talent and business risks and opportunities related to AI adoption.
- Implement communication tactics to embed cognitively sticky, sustained organizational principles across the enterprise with regard to the use of technology.
- Identify common - and sometimes unexpected - challenges pertaining to bias, technology and people outcomes in the workplace.
Janet M. Stovall
Chief Diversity Officer and DEI Practice Lead at global research and cognitive science firm The NeuroLeadership Institute, Janet helps organizations shape and implement science-based DEI strategies that drive change and build culture. A global speaker and thought leader, her three TED talks challenging business to get serious about inclusion have nearly 3 million views. She is co-author of Amazon bestseller, The Conscious Communicator: The Fine Art of Not Saying Stupid Sh*t. Janet holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Davidson College, a master’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from Georgetown University, and post-graduate DEI certificates from Cornell University and Yale University.
Matt Summers
Matt Summers is the Global Vice President of Leadership at the NeuroLeadership Institute. Matt has twenty years of organizational transformation, culture change, and leadership consulting experience. He has worked extensively across multiple industries. His work spans across the continents of North America, South America, Canada, Europe, and Africa. Matt’s expertise lies in partnering with CEO’s and senior leaders from organizations such as NASA, Aerospace, The Federal Government of Canada, Royal Bank of Canada, T-Mobile, World Bank, and Microsoft. Matt is also a lecturer at Simon Fraser University, where he teaches the Neurosciences of Business Management to fourth year business students. He is a strong advocate for applying the science in a practical manner to support organizational habit adoption and culture change.