Beyond Bias: How Neuroscience Drives Belonging & Inclusion
Have you ever wondered how neuroscience can be utilized to enhance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within an organization?
In what ways can we use data and a tech-driven approach to build diverse, inclusive teams that set new records in productivity?
In this intriguing episode, our host, Denise Cooper, is interviewing Diana File, the founder and CEO of DF Analytics. With a background in organizational psychology and expertise in workforce analytics, team building, and conflict resolution, Diana has been driving results for businesses all around the world. Utilizing her neuroscience-based approach to DEI, she has helped companies uncover the deep neuroscientific factors that contribute to success or failure in their teams.
Whether it's analyzing years of data to improve managerial effectiveness or overhauling business strategies to combat systemic bias, her innovative approach has been transformative for a variety of clients, including NASDAQ, Genentech, and the US Centers for Disease Control.
If you've been wanting to understand the neurological factors that contribute to a toxic work environment, how to bridge gaps in such an environment using data, or how leadership can foster or curb workplace toxicity, this is the episode for you.
THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW
- What led you to want to blend technology and psychology in the work you do? [04:52]
- How do you influence executives to care about DEI in the workplace? [15:24]
- What can neuroscience teach us about diversity, equity, and inclusion? [22:52]
- What 3 things do you want people to take away from this podcast interview? [33:15]
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DIANA FILE'S BIO
Diana is a data scientist who has been driving results for 15 years for Fortune 500 corporations, start-ups, non-profit institutions, and small businesses around the world. She founded DF Analytics to bring rigor and accountability to DEI efforts around the world.
Diana uses data science to empower companies to build highly diverse, inclusive teams that break records in productivity, collaboration, and profit. Her proprietary analytics methodologies uncover the deep neuroscientific factors that dictate success or failure. From there, she translates assessment into strategy and drives cross-functional implementation across the matrix. This integrated approach helps companies stay competitive in the face of dynamic generational and cultural shifts for employees and customers.
A former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) organizational psychologist, Diana has transformed decision trees in complex hierarchies and spearheaded global research on how to inspire the resolution of intractable conflicts. Diana’s expertise spans workforce analytics, team building, project management, organizational effectiveness, conflict resolution, and best practice research.
Diana regularly delivers workshops and keynotes for the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, the National Libraries of Medicine, the Association of Healthcare Human Resources Administrators (AHHRA), the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM), and the Yale Alumni Association.
Diana holds a BA in Psychology from Yale University and an MA in Psychology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is fluent in English, Hebrew, and Russian.
