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Personal biases are clouding your consensus-building workshop. How can you ensure fair decision-making?

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When you're leading a consensus-building workshop, the goal is to facilitate discussions that lead to a collective decision. However, personal biases can skew the process, making it challenging to achieve fair outcomes. As a facilitator, you have the responsibility to create an environment where decisions are made based on merit, not prejudice. This means taking proactive steps to identify and mitigate the influence of biases, ensuring that all voices are heard and considered equally. Let's explore how you can steer your workshop towards impartial decision-making.

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1 Recognize Bias

The first step towards fair decision-making is acknowledging that biases exist. Everyone has them; they're part of human nature. Your role as a facilitator is to help participants become aware of their own biases. This can be done through exercises that reveal subconscious preferences or by simply starting a conversation about bias. Once biases are out in the open, the group can collectively guard against their influence, making decisions more objective.

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David Bovis, M. npn

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What we call bias, is an established firing pattern through the established wiring (neurones) of your brain. ?? The vast majority of neural activity is pre-conscious. That means it’s almost impossible to recognise bias within ourselves, while operating on autopilot. There is an opportunity to update these default wiring-firing constructs, by understanding and aiming to facilitate neurogenesis/Neuroplasticity - but it takes effort and the individual has to want to. Many exercises designed to highlight bias can trigger defensive responses, hidden by a need to be socially accepted … this undermines genuine change. The more we know about brain function, the better we can do. Seeing each other as brain function helps to address bias.

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Pauline Stempert

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Reconna?tre les préjugés, c’est la clé pour des décisions justes. Tout le monde en a, c’est normal. Votre r?le ? Les mettre en lumière. Utilisez des exercices pour révéler ces biais cachés. Ouvrez le dialogue, faites parler les participants. Une fois les préjugés exposés, le groupe peut les gérer ensemble. Comme le dit Malcolm Gladwell, expert en psychologie sociale, "Les préjugés inconscients sont des aveugles dans nos jugements. Les voir, c'est commencer à voir clair." Exposez-les, et rendez vos décisions plus justes. Brisez les cha?nes des préjugés.

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2 Set Ground Rules

Establishing clear ground rules at the beginning of the workshop can create a framework for unbiased discussion. These rules should promote respect, open-mindedness, and equal participation. Encourage participants to challenge ideas, not individuals, and to listen actively. Ground rules can also include mechanisms for anonymous voting or input, which can reduce the impact of dominant personalities or hierarchical influences.

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Pauline Stempert

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établir des règles de base, c’est crucial. ?a pose le cadre pour des discussions impartiales et respectueuses. Faites des règles qui pr?nent le respect, l’ouverture d’esprit et l’égalité. Encouragez à attaquer les idées, pas les gens, et à écouter activement. Pour limiter l'influence des personnalités dominantes, optez pour des votes anonymes. Fixez des règles claires et faites en sorte que chacun puisse s’exprimer librement. Créez cet espace s?r où chaque opinion compte.

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3 Diverse Perspectives

To minimize personal biases, actively seek diverse perspectives within the group. Diversity isn't just about demographic differences; it includes a range of experiences, expertise, and viewpoints. When a variety of perspectives are represented, the group benefits from a more comprehensive understanding of the issues at hand, which can lead to more balanced and inclusive decisions.

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4 Facilitate Fairly

Your behavior as a facilitator sets the tone for the workshop. It's crucial to remain neutral and not let your own biases influence the process. Pay attention to who is speaking and ensure that everyone has an opportunity to contribute. If certain voices are dominating the conversation, create space for others by asking open-ended questions or breaking the group into smaller, more manageable discussion teams.

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Itzel Berrio Hayward

Mindful Communication & Facilitation | Anti-Racist, Trauma-Informed Approach | Creating Inclusive and Equitable Organizations and Communities
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Recognizing and acknowledging bias is an important step to minimizing its impact as a facilitator. If you become aware that your bias is clouding your perspective, before entering into a facilitation, take the time to have a personal conversation with someone who can listen to you put voice to your biases empathically and without judgment. This practice can help to calm the mind and settle the nervous system, enabling you to reconnect with your intention to facilitate inclusively and equitably before entering into facilitation.

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5 Decision-Making Tools

Utilize decision-making tools that are designed to reduce bias. Techniques like multi-voting, where participants vote on a range of options, or the Delphi method , which gathers anonymous feedback over multiple rounds, can help ensure that decisions are made based on collective agreement rather than individual influence. These tools can also help to depersonalize decisions, making it easier to focus on the issue rather than who proposed it.

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6 Reflect and Adapt

Finally, reflection is a powerful tool in combating bias. After each decision-making session, take time to reflect on the process. Did everyone participate? Were some ideas given more weight than others without sufficient justification? Use these reflections to adapt future workshops, continuously improving the fairness of the decision-making process. Remember, facilitating fair decision-making is an ongoing commitment to learning and improvement.

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Pauline Stempert

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Réfléchir et s’adapter, c’est vital. Après chaque session, faites le point. Est-ce que tout le monde a participé ? Certaines idées ont-elles pesé plus lourd sans raison ? Utilisez ces retours pour ajuster vos futurs ateliers. L’équité dans la prise de décision, c’est un voyage sans fin. Engagez-vous à apprendre et à vous améliorer sans cesse. Chaque séance est une chance de progresser.

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7 Here’s what else to consider

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1 Recognize Bias

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3 Diverse Perspectives

4 Facilitate Fairly

5 Decision-Making Tools

6 Reflect and Adapt

7 Here’s what else to consider

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