Going on three years into a global pandemic that has already killed more than 5.25 million people, office-related biases are—through some lenses—the least of our concerns. That said, such biases can impact lifelong professional trajectories, so while lives may not be at stake, life-paths certainly are, and the success or failure of businesses (and scaling up, entire industries) may pivot on such concerns, as well.
Proximity Bias
Going on three years into a global pandemic that has already killed more than 5.25 million people, office-related biases are—through some lenses—the least of our concerns. That said, such biases can impact lifelong professional trajectories, so while lives may not be at stake, life-paths certainly are, and the success or failure of businesses (and scaling up, entire industries) may pivot on such concerns, as well.