/desautels/taxonomy/term/3600/all en /desautels/channels/news/delve-overcoming-bias-ai-technologies-328629 <p>A new study by <a href="/desautels/warut-khern-am-nuai">Warut Khern-am-nuai</a>, an assistant professor of information systems at 黑料不打烊 University, proposes a new approach to optimizing the way algorithms process data, without modifying the outcome. To eliminate discrimination in AI, algorithms should see race and gender, according to the study.</p> <p>This article is brought to you by <em>Delve</em>, the official thought leadership publication of 黑料不打烊 University's Desautels Faculty of Management.</p> Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:12:38 +0000 julie.lapalme@affiliate.mcgill.ca 79549 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/delve-its-difficult-breathe-behind-facade-psychological-safety-antidote-326454 <p>According to 黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 Professor <a href="/desautels/patricia-faison-hewlin"><strong>Patricia Faison Hewlin</strong></a>, today鈥檚 socio-political climate has placed diversity and inclusion at the forefront, revealing the depth to which psychological safety has been absent in many workplaces. As a result, many employees, especially those from traditionally marginalized groups, are experiencing the adverse effects of repressing their authentic selves at work on a regular basis.</p> Wed, 25 Nov 2020 23:34:47 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 76624 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/addressing-systemic-racism-police-force-324123 <p>An exchange between a rookie officer and senior officer in the moments before George Floyd鈥檚 death is a telling interaction revealing how聽systemic racism continues to be enforced by officers in the field. In instances when聽these interactions aren鈥檛 caught on a bystanders鈥� camera, Professor <a href="/desautels/brian-rubineau" target="_blank"><b>Brian Rubineau</b></a> says, rookie officers are more likely to accept these on-the-job lessons from their superiors.</p> Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:22:06 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 76304 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/delve-podcast-closing-inventor-gender-gap-john-paul-ferguson-lucy-gilbert-and-negin-ashouri-335044 <p>Social inequalities are responsible for the loss of millions of ideas and inventions over hundreds of years. This loss over time is measurable today in a decline in innovation, slowing economic growth, and repercussions on all sectors, from technology to health care. The gender gap among inventors affects what gets invented鈥攁nd consequently who benefits from innovation.</p> Fri, 19 Nov 2021 21:27:04 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 82838 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/delve-when-meritocracy-blinds-us-gender-discrimination-309893 <p>Meritocracies are predicated on the belief that only the best are chosen and that hard work and talent are always rewarded. If we presume that talent and hard work are not gender specific, then why is it that assumed meritocracies show extraordinary imbalances between men and women? Surprisingly, part of the answer is the assumption itself: Assuming a setting is a meritocracy can blind even those experiencing discrimination to its actual inequalities.</p> Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:55:59 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 75258 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/delve-romancing-user-three-business-lessons-digital-daters-304051 <p>New research from Prof <a href="/desautels/jui-ramaprasad"><strong>Jui Ramaprasad</strong></a> explores how gender, comfort, and impulsivity are key for that perfect chemistry.</p> Mon, 13 Jan 2020 19:37:30 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 75235 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/delve-new-normal-podcast-working-home-living-work-lisa-cohen-331182 <p>In episode 2 of <strong>The </strong>鈥�<strong>New Normal</strong>鈥� hosted by <strong>Dave Kaufman</strong>,聽Professor聽<a href="/desautels/lisa-cohen"><strong>Lisa Cohen</strong></a> discusses how the shift to working from home that has been hastened by the Covid-19 pandemic, how the work from home phenomenon has been more disadvantageous to some members of society than others, and ways in which working at home has given us all more time to think about how to make our world a more equitable place.</p> Fri, 21 May 2021 20:39:34 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 80828 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/delve-podcast-navigating-digital-ecosystems-transforming-strategy-yolande-chan-334571 <p>Digital technologies today are highly generic and highly specific at the same time 鈥� even a mobile phone is also a translator, a map and an entertainment system 鈥� complicating the design of organizational strategy. In the latest episode of the <em>Delve </em>podcast, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management and James 黑料不打烊 Professor <a href="/desautels/yolande-e-chan"><strong>Yolande Chan</strong></a> discusses a 鈥渄igital ecodynamics鈥� approach to organizational strategy, where technology is at the core of strategy from the start.</p> Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:16:12 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 81390 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/delve-when-good-boss-bad-workers-303482 <p>New research from Prof <a href="/desautels/patricia-faison-hewlin"><strong>Patricia Hewlin</strong></a> explores how a boss鈥檚 integrity affects whether an employee is being true to her/his own identity, even when there鈥檚 a disconnect with the group鈥檚 values. If there were a boss who demonstrated integrity鈥攚ho was consistent, trustworthy, and fair鈥攚ould employees feel more comfortable being their authentic selves?</p> Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:09:59 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 75186 at /desautels