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Program Warning: This program will challenge your thought process and likely things you strongly believe in.  Like “if you don’t turn your car off when refueling, you could blow yourself up and others”.  If you don’t like your beliefs to be challenged, you may not want to attend.

I’m sure some of us are familiar (some more than others) with the following statement, “I Swear to Tell The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But The Truth, Unless I Can Find Data to Support Another Truth that I believe is better”.  Ladies and Gentlemen of the HR profession, prepare to take a wild ride on the dysfunction junction train car as we explore why some individuals share data that confirms their belief and inadvertently forgets data or magically makes data disappear that do not support their belief.  As famously quoted by the Penguins of Madagascar, “Nothing to See Here, Move Along, Smile and Wave, Smile and Wave”.

This program will present the dangers of confirmation bias and provide some skills on how to manage it.  We all some degree of bit of confirmation bias, so knowing that we have it, is the first step in managing it.  In addition, we will discuss why it’s important to use sound data from reliable sources so we can have informative robust discussions/debates on almost any topic and perhaps challenge some folklore.  According to Buzz Feed, this is a critical skill for HR professionals.

Objectives

• Understanding what confirmation bias is and inherent dangers.
• Learn how to manage confirmation bias in the workplace and anyplace outside of the workplace.
• Learn how to communicate with other individuals who live in data pot holes.

SPEAKER INFO

DR. JIM GALLO, PHD, SHRM-SCP

Dr Jim Gallo, aka “Jimmy G” has 20+ years of leadership experience as a senior executive in Human Resources and Organizational consulting. Jim has Ph.D. in industrial and organizational psychology and three master’s degrees in business, human resources, and psychology. He is currently serving in a full-time faculty role at the University of Central Florida at the School of Business.

Jim has served in numerous professional volunteer roles at both the state and local level within the field of human resources.

He is a past recipient of the HR Florida Volunteer of the year, Human Resource Association of Broward County Hall of Fame and currently your HR Florida State Conference Director.  He is a veteran speaker who combines science, practice and sometimes a little comedy in all his speaking topics.

When Jim is not working or volunteering you can usually find him on his 7 ½ acre private ranch “The Bohemian Freedom Ranch”, chilling with free roaming mini horses, donkeys, cows, goats, pigs, dogs, cats, and probably a few other critters that keep to themselves.

Those who select Guest or Non Member Virtual Tickets will be emailed the zoom link to join.

Thank you to our Yearly TCHRA Sponsor PAYLOCITY!

AGENDA

• Networking: 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
• Box Lunch: 11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
• Chapter Business: 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
• Presentation: 12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m.