It's About Time We Challenge Our Unconscious Biases | Juliette Powell | TEDxStLouisWomen

It's about time we challenge our unconscious biases.
With a life’s mission to help make meaning of our digital lives, Juliette Powell is a media entrepreneur, a community catalyst and the author of 33 Million People in the Room, How to Run A Successful Business Using Social Networking, Financial Times Press).
Drawing on a decade of experience in integrated media including TV, mobile and social media, as well as first hand experience as the co-founder of The Gathering Think Tank, an innovation forum that connects technology, science, entertain­ment, and business communities, Powell identifies the patterns and practices of successful business leaders who bank on social technology, communications and data to win. Her live commentary on NBC, CNN, ABC and BBC and powerful presentations at institutions like The Economist, Harvard and MIT emerged from her lifelong interest in community-building combined with a deep knowledge of the people, technologies and business practices at the forefront of connected society.
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[@ericwilliams398]

I grew up watching her on MusiquePlus in Montreal. Had no idea she was a Miss Universe contestant. Sharp girl, 100% bilingual, many Quebecers speak both languages very well, but you can’t even tell which she prefers. That’s rare

[@jay91230]

The moral of the story is "Don't judge a book by its cover".

[@writer4peace]

Thank you for this, Juliette. Quite helpful as we attempt to change this world.

[@user-zr9nr8pj7l]

So the fact that she literally said she has no answers for you and hid that she was miss Canada purely cause she was ashamed of the fact that it disproves every thing she's about doesn't bother you

[@KarenYourCSuiteCoach]

Loved her talk on intelligence and beauty

[@j.n.sloane]

Very good talk. I like her reasoning. Thank you.

[@wonkyu1qlee66]

After I listened to her speech, I was shocked that people believe in theories produced by socio-psychological concepts such as “unconscious bias” without applying any critical thinking, as she mentioned in their speech. She urged listeners to question what is considered normal and to “flip it to test it,” yet she did not seem to scrutinize the concept of “unconscious bias” itself. I wonder what her confidence in this theory is based on. I felt that she is promoting another level of bias, “meta-bias” believing that people are, in general, victims of unconscious bias.

[@justgivemethetruth]

As human beings ARE a TOTALLY simple amalgam of unconscious biases. Some of them are acted out and perceived in some way, and that creates our identity, part us, part what other people seem to see in us that we receive in biased messages from their reactions.

[@justgivemethetruth]

@bluesteel6138 What's your problem? You are even more unconscious than most humans ... work on that.

[@justgivemethetruth]

@bluesteel6138 As soon as you can apologize for saying what I said is nonsense when apparently you do not know what I was saying AND you can phrase that question in some understandable way, I'd give a try to explain my thought processes to you. But your apology had better be good and believable because I am sick to death of people who are themselves fools and assholes replying to me call me names.

[@glendamitchell97]

This was excellent! Very refreshing! Insightful!

[@kimberlycrockett3199]

Awesome vision...

[@investertiger3777]

I think that she is a beautiful women and she was a model and it is easy to see her as being judgmental or privileged. I think however she does have depth and makes some good points. When someone is truly smart you start to care less about who they are and more about what they say.

[@taffilaing9520]

I know Juliette and she is the real deal, not a model, very much a media entrepreneur!

[@Niffdaddy]

sounds like you have some insecurity issues. I hope since then you have done some deep reflection and stop judging a book by it's cover.

[@desireeperham7093]

The fact that you called her beautiful ahead of anything else is ironic. Eye-roll.

[@AdvancedNursesEdConsultant]

This was great!

[@chrisyork8351]

Our unconscious bias is we think we're special.

[@Mikaelwagner]

Loved it.

[@sarahdavis5035]

Does anyone know what dress she is wearing? I neeeeeeeeeeed it!!!

[@naavajo]

She is gorgeous

[@somedvl]

She was Miss Canada. And a VJ on MuchMusic and I think she may be a genius.

[@desireeperham7093]

Omg.

[@blizzard2099]

Basically, don't judge people by their appearance. Well, that's revolutionary.

[@taffilaing9520]

Hear Hear, She has come from modest backgrounds and has made herself through beliefs and work. She is the real deal!

[@jubilantsleep]

You'd think, but people still do it. These talks are needed.

[@josephcoon5809]

Jubilee Negative, Ghostrider. These conversations are necessary because her talk is incomplete and incorrect in some regards. Now, when she begins with this “collective bias,” is where she really goes off the rails.

[@goodtwogo]

And in my town you can't drive naked.

[@kintsugiezo6539]

Evolutionary stable strategies of ideologies, philosophies and values humanism must be reiterated into the individual and collective consciousness. In the sacred, technological and profane, in order to endure both the lightness and gravity of our present natural state of being.

[@darren.davies3957]

what utter nonsense your subconscious mind can deliver us, good day

[@Rohme.33]

misuse of the word unconscious, the unconscious does not have biases, that's why it is the unconscious

[@blizzard2099]

Unvoluntary bias?

[@Keev12661]

that doesnt make sense

[@josephcoon5809]

Subconscious bias. Unconscious is what you are when you are asleep. Subconscious is below your conscious. The things you do repeatedly gets relegated to subconscious execution. This frees your conscious awareness to process more things.

[@justgivemethetruth]

The unconscious is bias, it associates or equates one thing to another whether or not they have anything to do with each other or not. If it was conscious we could bring our intellect to bear on it and say ... no, that is a fake rubber snake and not a snake, or I feel like I don't like that person because they look exactly like someone who tried to rob me a year ago

[@ABaumstumpf]

So now the question - what is the relevance of being in some sort of minority when advising companies about where to invest and what to research? Oh right - it is irrelevant. What should count are your merits. if you have to even so much as mention your gender, race, religion, or other labels - than you already failed - as a candidate and as a human.

[@deeyannie2339]

ABaumstumpf A company won't hire an under qualified employee. Opportunity is the driving factor behind the relevance of being a "minority".

[@ABaumstumpf]

dee yannie Soooo - your sex, gender, race etc still are irrelevant.

[@deeyannie2339]

ABaumstumpf They're irrelevant in terms of getting the job done, of course. But being interviewed, applying to, and even being aware of occupational positions in some fields is notoriously difficult for many professional POC. You don't send recruiters to job fairs to find some underqualified minorities to make them feel better, you do it because odds are they don't have the same networking opportunities many of their white colleagues were afforded. It's about opportunity, not pity.

[@BlackCroLong]

Unconscious bias? So this woman wants me to go ghost hunting? How about some statistics and facts?

[@somedvl]

She is referring to a lifetime of observation.

[@DarinPirkey]

So the guy in the cab was right...

[@aimonwongsaparn4031]

Not entirely. She is also many other smart things apart from what she could make use of her looks

[@11ghudson]

Unconscious bias does not exist you’re chasing a ghost of a ghost

[@somedvl]

It absolutely exists.

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[@vikotto]

I think her story about the cab driver was made up to conveniently segway into her presentation.

[@taffilaing9520]

nope she is real

[@user-zr9nr8pj7l]

Wow so the very first thing she does is tell a very clearly made up story.. of coarse I could be wrong I mean clearly the cab driver could have very easily mistaken her for a possible basketball player.. O and if it is true why tell us about it it's not even that bad of a story