Get connected about tough issues
Unconscious Bias, Diversity & Inclusion training
In this training
Experience unconscious bias through games, video content, exercises and subgroup exchange.
Reflect on these experiences to formulate together what unconscious bias is and how it works.
Learn to recognise biases, allowing to choose the more inclusive approach from one decision to the next.
Get a new action perspective in moving forward, becoming aware of what your own contribution can be in creating a safe working environment for everybody including yourself.
Key Topics
Creating Team Satisfaction and Cohesiveness
Our training communicates the importance of psychological safety and addresses strategies to incorporate that safety. It explains how it can be okay to take risks and bring up tough issues without negative consequences. The training itself is an example of how more personal interaction will lead to more team satisfaction and cohesiveness, which will also result in higher team performance.
From a personal experience, trainer Fares Al Qadi will also shed light on the thin line between inclusive hiring and tokenism.
90% of Unconscious Bias trainings don't work
Most of Unconscious Bias trainings don’t work because they focus only on awareness. We need awareness to acknowledge our biases but we also need practical tools to change our individual and collective behaviour. In this training we provide these tools.
Unconscious bias is not inherently good or bad. Our brain simply doesn’t take 'blank' for an answer. This means it needs to be filled with information as soon as a decision has to be made. It's how we actually survive. This very same mechanism triggers our brain to make quick judgments on things or people who are unfamiliar, which usually leads to stereotyping.
In this training we will work with exercises that bring out the beauty of diversity and the humanity that pervades it, whilst not shying away from what may be painful.
Who this training is for
Corporate Leaders and HR Professionals
For those looking to foster an inclusive culture from the top down, starting from the moment of hiring.
Community and Public Service providers
Ideal for diversity and inclusion officers, educational administrators, teachers, consultants, customer service representatives, public sector employees, and healthcare professionals who engage with diverse populations and aim to provide equitable and respectful services.
Community and Public Service providers
Suitable for every member of the organisation to understand their own role in creating a welcoming workspace.
We welcome your curious mind and aim to surprise it!
About us
Fares Al Qadi
Fares has been delivering training sessions since the age of 20. Since moving to the Netherlands in 2015, he has leveraged his personal experiences to shed a light on topics such as Integration, Diversity, Inclusion, and Unconscious Bias.
Fares is currently in the final stages of completing his Master’s degree in Leadership and Management, where he has gained extensive knowledge and cutting-edge insights into effective organizational practices.
Through this training, he aims to foster a more understanding and inclusive professional environment, drawing from his comprehensive academic background and practical experience.
Julien Oomen
Julien has fifteen years of experience working with newcomers; for Stichting de Vrolijkheid with music as a connecting tool; and for Refugee Company with trainings on Unconscious Bias and social events.
A big passion is his crew of thirty youngsters with a refugee background who coach managers in Dutch companies on personal leadership and change. While the managers profit from the often unexpected wisdom that the young coaches gathered in their eventful lives, the youngsters tap deeper into their talents, skills, and self-confidence. It's a win-win.
Testimonials
