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I would imagine your experience with you children has a powerful impact on you. Both of your children sound as though they are very gifted. I have had similar powerful experiences as an organizational effectiveness consultant. I consult with most of the Fortune 500 companies to improve their bottom line. In the twenty years I have been doing this work I have come across all kinds of bias that adversely impact how effective these organizations can be. I remember sitting in on an executive meeting of a large technology company that needed to decide on who to select for an important lead research scientist position. There was a candidate who was clearly the best (according to the decision makers), but she was a woman. They were concerned that if they selected her it would appear that she was selected because she was a woman and not because she was the strongest candidate. They almost did not select her for this reason. I was amazed. I asked the decision makers, "what is the impact on your business if you do not select this woman?" They selected her. It was a scary decision making process to watch.
