{"id":4762,"date":"2023-06-28T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/designopssummit2023\/?post_type=sessions&p=4762"},"modified":"2023-10-06T10:03:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T14:03:49","slug":"why-changing-hearts-minds-doesnt-work-when-promoting-dei-efforts-but-checklists-do","status":"publish","type":"sessions","link":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/designopssummit2023\/sessions\/why-changing-hearts-minds-doesnt-work-when-promoting-dei-efforts-but-checklists-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Changing Hearts & Minds Doesn\u2019t Work When Promoting DE&I Efforts, but Checklists Do"},"content":{"rendered":"

Across the industry, design teams are focused on growing and supporting a diverse workforce. But current efforts are often unsuccessful \u2014\u202fand despite an increase in time, effort and money behind organization\u2019s DE&I efforts, most teams remain unchanged (and very white).<\/p>\n

To truly address bias and support diversity efforts, teams need to stop focusing on feelings and instead create hiring and performance review systems that prevent individuals from acting on their bias. As a Design Enablement and Operations practice, we have worked with designers and their teams to build practices that standardize hiring criteria and reduce the impact of individuals\u2019 bias and racism.<\/p>\n

In this workshop, we will work together to:<\/p>\n