Invisible Silo

  It took me a long time to create this cartoon because it's such a sensitive topic and yet so obvious in the workplace.

People being biased against those from the same cultural, racial, regional, linguistic background as themselves. For example, how many times have we noticed a manager hiring people from similar backgrounds as themselves and favoring them over others? It's like a silo that is invisible at first, but becomes clear when you look closer. In this cartoon, the headgears are used as metaphors to represent people from similar background.
We can all agree that this kind of bias is bad for both the team and the company, but how do we break it?

Sim's manager explains why she took the decision of rewarding Sim over her other team members who have a similar cultural background. I know this is far from reality but what is wrong is dreaming for a utopia? 😃
p.s: ive worked with Managers who only see the capability of the team member and not their identity. Though they are less in numbers.



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