Splitting the pizza into exactly equal slices seems fair—until you look at who is really hungry.
Who gets the interesting assignment? Often the person you see at the office or the one the algorithm shortlisted; with remote work, gaps widen though no one decided they should. This module teaches you to spot these mechanisms, adjust your decisions as a manager, and ask for clear criteria when you don’t have them.
~20 min at your own paceKey skill: Fairness at WorkAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
What you’ll take away
- the difference between treating everyone the same and meeting each person’s needs
- a way to spot the biases that favor the most visible and most eloquent people
- the equity circle, a quarterly meeting to correct gaps at team level
Who it’s for
Managers who want a team where equity is part of daily work, and team members who want transparent decision criteria.
Learning objectives
- Distinguish equality, which treats everyone the same way, from equity, which adjusts resources to actual needs.
- Spot signs of inequity: lasting pay gaps, the glass ceiling, missing accommodations, and lack of transparency in decisions.
- Counter the affinity, visibility, and eloquence biases that distort decisions in hybrid work, and ensure fair access to opportunities.
- Run an equity circle every quarter, and keep both sides of AI in view: it can amplify bias as much as it can reveal gaps.
How does this module work?
The steps of the Adaptive module.
- Self-assessmentOn nine dimensions, to gauge current habits and guide the practice.
- Expert videoA ~10 min video with three pauses for reflection.
- Practice scenariosThe first two scenarios chosen from the self-assessment, then sixteen more, optional. Every answer gets feedback: what it leads to, and one way to improve.
- Dated commitmentOne action to try, written by the learner or chosen from the suggestions.
- Memo to downloadKey takeaways, questions, commitment, personal notes, and checklists.
Duration: ~20 min. Excluding bonus practice scenarios and optional in-depth content.
