
342 – And the winner is...
Purpose/Objectives: Everyone wants to believe that they are fair-minded.
They want to maintain that the decisions they make are
free of bias. But, none of us is a blank slate. We bring
our past thoughts and experiences to almost every deci-
sion. While we cannot erase our collective pasts, we can
be aware of individual differences and make decisions
that take individual biases and values into account.
During this exercise, the teams will be making a deci-
sion to hire an executive director for a hypothetical
nonprofit organization. After reading fictional résumés,
each team will have to come to a decision, based ...