Unconscious bias
Visibility Bias: What Happens When AI Mistakes Visibility for Competence?
Published on: July 10, 2026By: Dorothy Dalton
For decades, hiring has been built on a familiar formula: qualifications, experience, competence and potential. But today in the age of AI, another factor is quietly emerging to shape hiring Read more...
When 360 Performance Reviews Backfire
Published on: April 29, 2026By: Dorothy Dalton
The Hidden Risk in Your Review Cycle Many organisations haven’t fully understood that 360 feedback without unconscious bias training can do more harm than good. 360-degree performance reviews promise something Read more...
The Likeability Bias for Women
Published on: March 6, 2026By: Dorothy Dalton
The likeability penalty: why women can’t win, and what workplaces must change She speaks up in the meeting and she’s called aggressive or “too much”. She stays quiet and she’s Read more...
Nip-Tuck. Cosmetic Surgery and Appearance Bias
Published on: February 23, 2026By: Dorothy Dalton
Boardroom, not bedroom: Men ecountering appearance bias Remember, you heard it here first when I wrote about this in 2012. Nip-tuck is no longer about vanity or beach bodies, but Read more...
Interviews with Younger Hiring Managers
Published on: January 20, 2026By: Dorothy Dalton
Interviewing with a Younger Hiring Manager? Here’s How to Show Up Confidently With more older workers staying professionally active, the chances of being interviewed by a younger hiring manager are Read more...
Why “Men-glish” Skills Shouldn't Matter
Published on: December 5, 2025By: Dorothy Dalton
Learning male-coded language used to be the way to navigate corporate culture – and with AI is “Men-glish” still necessary? Years ago, I ran a workshop called How to Speak Read more...
Algorithmic Bias. The New Glass Ceiling
Published on: November 2, 2025By: Dorothy Dalton
Women’s voices are getting limited exposure from LinkedIn feeds, not because they’re less insightful, but because the algorithm rewards engagement patterns that sideline them. With one billion members, LinkedIn has Read more...
Gender Bias on LinkedIn: Part 2
Published on: October 23, 2025By: Dorothy Dalton
Big question: Is LinkedIn quietly diminishing women’s voices? What a difference six months makes. This is an update of a post I wrote in March when I was asked the Read more...
How Job Seekers Can Mitigate Proxy Bias in AI
Published on: June 12, 2025By: Dorothy Dalton
Proxy bias the invisible bias that job seekers are only just hearing about The hot topic of the moment is the issue of proxy bias that could be potentially found Read more...
