Lessons Learned

A few things I’ve learned on my journey from crafting code to curating culture. In this presentation, I share some of my personal learnings about cognitive bias and how it shifts our perspectives in a work environment. If you want to be better at your job, start by being a better person.

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1. LESSONS LEARNED
   FROM CRAFTING CODE TO CURATING CULTURE
   @bencallahan | @hearsparkbox | bit.ly/converge2016
   

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2. Want to get better at your job?
   Start by being a better person.
   

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14. CLUSTERING
    ILLUSION
    

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15. QUICK SUMMARY
    1. Humans are pattern
    matching machines
    2. We’re so good that we
    often over-match
    

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16. Volunteer?
    

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17. 2, 4, 6
    

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18. 2, 4, 6
    10, 12, 14
    

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19. 2, 4, 6
    10, 12, 14
    1, 3, 9
    

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20. CONFIRMATION
    BIAS
    

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21. How does confirmation
    bias impact me?
    

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23. FALSE CONSENSUS
    EFFECT
    

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24. How does false consensus
    effect impact me?
    

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25. QUICK SUMMARY
    1. Confirmation Bias

    (don’t just confirm your theory, break it)
    2. False Consensus Effect

    (recognize you don’t represent the majority)
    

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26. What the heck is this talk
    about, anyway?
    

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27. @StartYourShift
    

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28. We are both completely
    amazing and very messed up
    

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29. We are both completely
    amazing and very messed up
    

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30. Implicit bias test
    http://bit.ly/test-bias
    

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31. Be respectful
    

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32. THANK YOU
    @bencallahan
    

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