Nate’s Notes 196: Harvard Researcher Siri Chilazi | Having Humility in How Much We Trust Our Brains

Thanks for listening to this episode of Meikles and Dimes, with Siri Chilazi. It’s amazing how our brains can sometimes mislead us. But simple interventions can make an impact. For example, when computer science classrooms changed the pictures on the walls, from masculine-associated pictures to more gender-neutral pictures, more women expressed interest in computer science.

As Siri said, we should strive to have humility about how much we trust our brains and our own intuition. And by doing so, we can hopefully make work, and the world, more fair.

It’s a simple idea. Please take it seriously.

Siri Chillazi Bio:

Siri Chilazi is a researcher at the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School. Siri specializes in identifying practical approaches to close gender gaps at work by designing fairer processes. Her work regularly appears in leading media outlets including the BBC, Fast Company, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and The New York Times. She is also the co-author of the book, Make Work Fair.

Siri has an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, and a BA in Chemistry and Physics from Harvard College.