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Top photo courtesy of Brandon Parigo, UMKC Strategic Marketing and Communications. Other photo courtesy of Cone Communications.
Don't look now, but the Check Your Blind Spots bus may be rolling into your town.
The tour bus, now in its second year, provides a multimedia experience on unconscious bias: four videos, interactive stations and a quiz, all designed to help people recognize and minimize their biases.
The bus is an initiative from organizations that have signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge. The idea is to start conversations about bias within organizations and "the things we need to do to help us, as employees … and as a company, to identify what this issue is and best solve it on our own terms," said Shannon Schuyler, PwC's chief purpose officer and corporate responsibility leader. PwC was one of the early signatories of the pledge.
Nearly 450 companies, universities and colleges have signed the pledge, making it one of the largest CEO-driven business commitments for creating more inclusive workplaces. The bus will visit the signatory companies and schools, and HR professionals and other...