Episode 9 Unconscious bias expert Smita Tharoor

Smita Tharoor is a motivational keynote speaker and thought
leader on the Unconscious Bias and how it influences all of us.
Smita has spoken at conferences all over the world from
Philadelphia to Penang with Berlin and Bangalore in the middle.
She talks about emotional resilience, change management, leading
in times of uncertainty and other similar topics all embedded by
our unconscious bias.


She is the founder of Tharoor Associates a Training, Coaching and
Organisational development company and co-founder of
Culturelytics a company that uses artificial intelligence to
understand culture in an organisation. She is a TEDx speaker,
Broadcaster, Trainer, Coach, Mentor, Mindfulness Practitioner and
Associate Lecturer.


In her podcast, Stories of Unconscious Bias she has interviewed
people around the world to share their stories and life lessons
on how they manage their unconscious biases. The stories include
a transgender man in New Zealand, someone with 4thstage cancer in
Delhi, a black man who is mistaken for white over the phone in
London, a practising Iranian Muslim sharing stories of Islam and
Jihad, our unconscious biases about the Kama Sutra, a gay dad in
California, someone who lost 3 limbs in a landmine in Afghanistan
and more. It currently has the global ranking of being in the top
5% of podcasts listened out of 1.8 million podcasts.


Smita is an associate lecturer at the University of Arts, London
and at Jindal University, India. She is the recipient of the
“Global Diversity Leadership” Award at the 2017 World HRD
Congress. She is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of
Personnel & Development, an NLP (Neuro Linguistic
Programming) Practitioner, Coach, Mentor and Mindfulness
Practitioner.


Growing up in pluralistic India taught her the value of tolerance
and the appreciation of accepting differences. She is passionate
about the unconscious bias and how it impacts on all aspects of
leadership development. Her experience working in the UK, India,
Europe, Asia and the USA gives her a unique advantage in
understanding the expectations and needs of different cultures.