What Works: Gender Equality by Design

Bohnet, Iris

ISBN 10: 0674986563 / ISBN 13: 9780674986565

Published by Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Works: Gender Equality by Design
• Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674986563
• ISBN 13: 9780674986565
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 37 ounces

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Synopsis

Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
A Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year
A Times Higher Education Book of the Week
Best Business Book of the Year, 800-CEO-READ

Gender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds has proven to be difficult and expensive. By de-biasing organizations instead of individuals, we can make smart changes that have big impacts. Presenting research-based solutions, Iris Bohnet hands us the tools we need to move the needle in classrooms and boardrooms, in hiring and promotion, benefiting businesses, governments, and the lives of millions.

“Bohnet assembles an impressive assortment of studies that demonstrate how organizations can achieve gender equity in practice…What Works is stuffed with good ideas, many equally simple to implement.”
―Carol Tavris, Wall Street Journal

“A practical guide for any employer seeking to offset the unconscious bias holding back women in organizations, from orchestras to internet companies.”
―Andrew Hill, Financial Times

About the Author

Iris Bohnet is a behavioral economist and the academic dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School. She combines insights from economics and psychology to improve decision-making in organizations and society. Her most recent research examines how behavioral design can be used to de-bias how we live, learn and work. She is co-director of the Kennedy School’s Women and Public Policy Program, and the faculty chair of the “Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century” for the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders.