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Yes! Because if you smile, you can't be a leader...

Want to make a career? Stop smiling!

2021 May 11 | by Arduino Mancini Diversity - Heuristics and biases - Leadership

No, if you are a woman you can’t be a leader! You don’t believe that? This article will change your mind. Researchers at the Technische Universitaet in Munich conducted a study (started in January 2011 and concluded in 2014) entitled “Selection and Assessment of Leaders in Business and Academia“, aimed at examining how leaders in […]

The story of Abbie Conant, first trombonist, and a Conductor trapped by prejudice

When prejudice becomes blindness

2021 April 28 | by Arduino Mancini Heuristics and biases - Stories

In 1980, musician Abbie Conant was at the beginning of her career, playing the trombone at the Teatro Regio in Turin. At that time she decided to apply to other orchestras, 11 to be precise, all over Europe; she received only one response, from the Munich Philharmonic. “Dear Mr Abbie Conant”, began the letter. In […]