Make Better Decisions: Essentials for Employees is a focused, 90-minute programme that gives employees at every level the tools to recognise and interrupt the hidden thought patterns that quietly cost organisations talent, innovation and performance — including the ways bias can show up not just in people, but in the AI models organisations increasingly rely on.
This is an official Harvard Online course, developed by Harvard Professor Mahzarin Banaji with faculty from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and delivered on Harvard Online's learning platform. It condenses more than 30 years of research into one short, self-guided programme. IPMC International handles your registration, payment and local support, then enrols you on the course, and the certificate of completion is issued by Harvard Online.
In a single, time-efficient session you'll gain practical, science-based tools that turn awareness into action:
The programme is delivered through research-based concepts, interactive exercises and practical debiasing strategies across four short parts.
Use exercises such as the Stroop task to show how irrelevant information interferes with accuracy, and see how the mind forms instant judgements from the "thumbprints of culture" we all carry.
Understand why biased behaviour emerges in areas like hiring and healthcare even without conscious prejudice — often by helping the familiar rather than harming the different.
Take the Gender–Career IAT to measure your own automatic associations, and use the result as a reality check to begin changing future behaviour.
Practise moving from "telling" to listening, attributing ideas to their true source, and pausing or changing your surroundings to break the hold of an initial biased reaction.
Mahzarin Banaji — The Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. An experimental psychologist, she co-developed the concept of "implicit bias" nearly 30 years ago and co-authored the New York Times best-seller Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People. Affiliations are listed for identification purposes only.
This is a scalable, time-efficient option for employees at all levels — ideal for onboarding, leadership development and ongoing culture change. It suits professionals, graduates and organisations who want a globally recognised Harvard Online credential to advance their careers or capabilities.
On successful completion you receive a digital Certificate of Completion from Harvard Online, which you can add to your CV and LinkedIn.
The course fee is confirmed on enquiry and put in writing before payment.
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Yes. The course is delivered by Harvard Online and the certificate of completion is issued by Harvard Online.
This Essentials version is a 90-minute introduction designed for whole teams, while Make Better Decisions: The Psychology of Blind Spots for Leaders and Teams is a longer course. Both are taught by Professor Mahzarin Banaji and form part of the same Make Better Decisions series.
Yes. This programme is built to be delivered at scale for onboarding and ongoing training. Contact us about group enrolment for your organisation.
This is a self-guided Harvard Online course, so you can start anytime and learn at your own pace. Enquire and we'll get you enrolled.
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