Monthly Archives: January 2020

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Contradict yourself to become more open-minded

Being open-minded is an excellent predictor of workplace success, increasing engagement, satisfaction, and innovative behaviour. Being open-minded means that you’re willing to consider a variety of perspectives, values, opinions, or beliefs, even if they contradict your own. When people are open-minded, their information processing is less biased, meaning they tend to select, interpret, and weigh [...]

2021-08-04T16:41:59+00:00 January 24th, 2020|cognitive-flexibility|0 Comments

Workplace diversity and inclusion: when does it thrive/work?

There’s an open secret in psychology research: most diversity and inclusion training programs are ineffective. Stand-alone workshops or lectures likely have limited if any long-term effect. Depending on their delivery, diversity and inclusion training can even cause backlash. When people feel forced to change their behavior or pressure to adopt new values, this often results [...]

2021-08-04T16:42:09+00:00 January 9th, 2020|diversity-and-inclusion|0 Comments