Hidden Bias Chains In Leadership

How We May Have Biases We Are Completely Unaware Of

Most of us have heard the word “Bias” before.

We all have some Biases, even when we understand that a Bias is a tendency to favor or oppose something or someone in a way that is unfair, inaccurate, or closed-minded.

We all try to admit that we do not, but in Reality, we “All” have some Biases to some extent and we cannot escape that.

However, there is a Difference between “Having” a Bias and allowing a Bias to dictate our Actions and Beliefs.

What I mean here is that we may have an “Initial” Tendency toward something or someone, but we do Not have to “Act” on that Tendency.

To Accomplish this, we must “Know” what our Biases and Tendencies are.

This can be Extremely Tricky though as sometimes, we hold Biases that “Chain” Together in ways that we are Unaware of.

I have talked about things like Stress Chains, Growth Chains, and Success Chains in the Past, and Bias Chains work very similarly.

Sometimes these Chains can Jump Across Different, Seemingly Unrelated, Topics and Impact our Decisions Unconsciously.

How does this Work?