This week I attended the regular FAJ workshop. Title was “Unconscious Bias”. Workshop was held in 1.5 hours from 20:00 to 21:30 by zoom. The facilitator was well prepared Google slides in advance. Facilitator instructed to be discussed by groups in 5 persons, then after the facilitator explained guideline, each group had discussed the topics. First topic was to discuss the experience when each member unconsciously made others uncomfortable. The second topic was the opposite pattern. These 2 discussions were to conclude that people feel more uncomfortable when they have received from others, rather than people make an uncomfortable action to others. Finally, third session was to discuss the countermeasure tools to minimize unconscious bias for decision making. Our team consisted of 2 people in Tokyo, 1 person in Hokkaido, 1 person in Kyushu, 1 person in Osaka. Each person had different opinions and also seemed to be experienced facilitators, so we were able to have good discussions. What I found is
-1) Facilitator prepared the slide with agenda, time well.
-2) Facilitator has controlled time (He prepared additional agenda and he had adjusted in accordance with the time we spent.
-3) There was relaxed music before the start, and an icebreaker game was prepared before the discussions.
I could find many skills in such a short time, so I realized that it is important for a beginner to attend many workshops to improve knowledge and skills.