From Ideal Worker To Ideal Workplace: Using Behavioral Design to Create More Equitable Companies

March 26, 2021

Times Up Foundation

WAPPP Research Fellow Siri Chilazi contributed to a recent Times Up report about the potential of behavioral design as an approach to a close the wage gap.

Read the full report here.

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wapppHKS Climate activists claim that they need “the involvement of 3.5% of the population” to succeed in achieving their aims. The “3.5% rule” comes from @EricaChenoweth, who found it was a useful predictor of a protest’s success. 📚 Read more: t.co/ESG52oKUwT
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wapppHKS Former WAPPP Leader in Practice @MsLaToshaBrown was named a @glamourmag #WomanoftheYear for her work in inspiring record voter turnout and notching three historic wins for the Democrats in Georgia. 📖 Read more: t.co/zHcvkyag8v
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wapppHKS In new research released by @n2formation — an organization co-founded by our leader in practice @DeepaPuru — Asian, Latinx, Black, Native, and mixed-race women say they must prove themselves repeatedly. 💡 Read more: t.co/GukknHu3uu
3 days 18 hours ago.
wapppHKS Worker shortages are a big problem for businesses heading into the busy holiday season. Teenagers, who were less likely to be looking for jobs before 2021, are now stepping back into the labor force, says WAPPP Fellow @SasserModestino. 📰 Read more: t.co/leVBnjIuTN
4 days 14 hours ago.
wapppHKS Retailers are hoping that this holiday season will be their best ever. But to do that, they’ll have to hire a lot of temporary workers, fast. That means new hires will get a better deal, says WAPPP Fellow Alicia @SasserModestino. 💡 Read more: t.co/3Kmk7n55hp
5 days 12 hours ago.
wapppHKS .@jamillebigio, @Kennedy_School MPP '09, discusses why diversity matters in international affairs education and how it can improve U.S. foreign policy. 💡 Read more here: t.co/B9zvRYL5aI
5 days 15 hours ago.
wapppHKS If companies are not able to develop and promote the women they hire, it will be very difficult for them to reach gender parity at senior levels, says WAPPP Co-Director Iris Bohnet + research fellow Siri Chilazi. 💡 Read the full article in @HarvardBiz: t.co/P6CZl6tato
6 days 17 hours ago.
Harvard “It’s an important time to note that Native students are using education not as a tool of assimilation to strip us of our identities, but instead to uplift and advocate for our own tribal communities.” - Samantha Maltais t.co/HiWzwm1Z75
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wapppHKS During the pandemic, former @UN_Women chief and former WAPPP Leader in Practice @phumlambongcuka says many women were "caught up in the crossfire that is not of their own making," accounting for two-thirds of jobs lost due to COVID. 💡Read more here: t.co/QgQYhLVVMg
1 week 15 hours ago.
HarvardCPL What is the Prove-It-Again bias, and how does it contribute to the gender #paygap between male and female MBA graduates? CPL's Hannah Riley Bowles explains in @businessbecause t.co/AxCJyzoG8z @wapppHKS
1 week 18 hours ago.
wapppHKS Research by @EricaChenoweth of #Harvard @Kennedy_School found that nonviolent movements require the active participation of at least 3.5 percent of a population in order to achieve serious political change. 💡 Read more here: t.co/eno99QPQ24
1 week 3 days ago.
wapppHKS In this @NewsHour special, WAPPP Fellow Alicia @SasserModestino discusses the burden costly child care places on low + middle-income families, exploring how federal policy has shaped the U.S. child care system into what it is today. 📺 Full episode: t.co/f5vPVxmmvp
1 week 3 days ago.
wapppHKS A different balance between US military expenditure + economic aid might have convinced ordinary Afghans that they had a significant stake in the success of the state that the US & its allies were striving to build, says @ricardo_hausman 💡 Read more: t.co/FHew60KqV2
1 week 5 days ago.
wapppHKS (1/2) Fathers’ involvement significantly influences their children’s & families' health. @Miyogman & @ameliamiriam advocate for #policies like #PaternityLeave to enhance their involvement. Download their chapter in #EngagedFatherhood to learn more: t.co/Pup8tEtX0g t.co/d84qzJQj4r

1 week 5 days ago.
wapppHKS (2/2) Children can provide similar benefits to fathers’ #wellbeing. @Alexandra_Macht’s research shows how fathers in Scotland & Romania described their children as helping them let go of negative health habits. Download her chapter in #EngagedFatherhood: t.co/Hvhpmyypj4
1 week 5 days ago.
wapppHKS (2/2) To show how context influences this relationship, Bosch and Las Heras compare different countries in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. Download their #EngagedFatherhood chapter: t.co/krjC7N7KFu
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Kennedy_School Grateful for our HKS community❣️ t.co/8TNzfH3Xj6

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wapppHKS .@Harvard social psychologist Robert Livingston, PhD, offers a way forward for institutions and individuals to begin to address racial equity. 💡 Read more here: t.co/SiEpkrrCL9
1 week 6 days ago.
wapppHKS (1/2) #Parenting is challenging in today’s world of hyper-connectivity & long commutes. @cotebosch & @mireialasheras analyze the importance of time #fathers spend with their children & how managers can help. Download their research in #EngagedFatherhood: t.co/krjC7MQ9NW t.co/m39frfosMu

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wapppHKS “We will not achieve gender equality until we eliminate this digital gap that keeps so many women offline and away from the opportunities the internet provides," says former WAPPP Leader in Practice @phumlambongcuka. 💡 Read more here: t.co/QC6DxGvlBg
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