Implicit Bias: Becoming Aware of Your Inner Storyteller

Did you know that workplace bias can cost businesses an estimated $64 billion each year, affecting every industry? It's important to understand that our unconscious minds fill in information gaps with assumptions based on our experiences and the experiences of others. In this session, participants will learn that we all have internal storytellers or biases that are neither good nor bad, but rather a natural part of our cognitive processes. The key is to become more aware of whether the stories we tell ourselves are still relevant, helpful, and positive.

Participants Will Leave Equipped With the following:

• How to address negative Bias in the workplace
• An understanding of what Implicit bias is
• Define warmth and competence and the role it plays in communicating with diverse groups of people
• Discover the most common biases in the workplace
• Tools to breakdown what bias is 
• How to address negative Bias in the workplace

• Blind spot bias
• Confirmation bias
• Racial bias
• Gender bias
• Ability bias
• Affinity bias

Join us to gain a deeper understanding of implicit biases and how to identify and address biases in the workplace. Let's work towards creating a more inclusive and equitable environment for all employees.

• HR
• Marketing
• Communication
• IT
• Finance

Kenston Henderson is a highly respected Professional Speaker, Facilitator, and Group Coach with extensive experience in Human Resources and helping individuals and teams reach their full potential. He delivers talks on leadership, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), resilience, and workplace culture transformation, and has helped numerous organizations address challenging issues such as bias and conflict.

Despite the pandemic, Kenston's impact has continued to grow, with virtual presentations reaching audiences across the globe. He has delivered hundreds of in-person presentations in the United States and received the Dr. Astell Collins Generation Leader Award in Nairobi, Kenya.

Kenston is a sought-after TEDx Signature Speaker and certified Maxwell Leadership Speaker & Trainer. He is also the author of the book "Parenting Like a Boss: Intentionally Committed and Winning Conversations Workbook". Kenston is a devoted husband and father, an advocate for the underrepresented, and passionate about creating positive change in the world. In 2022 Kenston created Cultural Transformation In the Workplace Online Course.