Avoiding unconscious bias

From hiring practices to leadership optics — learn the correlation between biases and business obstacles.
This cyber intelligence pioneer was the former director of intelligence in the first Department of Defense cybersecurity organization.
Bob Gourley
Ex DIA chief technology officer
Expert on cybersecurity, risk assessment & management, AI artificial intelligence
Intelligence, clandestine operations
Security, counterterrorism
Avoiding bias, diversity
Risk assessment and management
Cybersecurity, technology
Cyber
Cyber security
Military
Intelligence
Analyst
This undercover reporter spent over a year gathering intel within one of the UK's most notorious detention centres, wearing a secret camera for three months.
Callum Tulley
BAFTA-winning undercover filmmaker
Expert on secret surveillance, undercover reporting, rapport building, entertainment
Performance improvement, sales
Avoiding bias, diversity
Security, counterterrorism
Collaboration, communication
Inspiring, motivating
Journalist
Writer
Investigation
Television
Surveillance
This ex CIA intelligence officer and cyber threat expert wrote one of Working Mother’s Best Books of 2021.
Christina Hillsberg
Ex CIA intelligence officer
Expert on women in espionage, intelligence tradecraft, parenting
Cybersecurity, technology
Intelligence, clandestine operations
Insider threat
Parenting
Children
Diversity
Inclusion
This 28-year veteran of CIA’s clandestine service & security expert retired in 2018 with a rank equivalent to a three-star general.
Darrell Blocker
Ex CIA officer & station chief
Expert on security, risk, crisis management, diversity & inclusion, entertainment
Performance improvement, sales
Intelligence, clandestine operations
Security, counterterrorism
Political issues, international business
Leadership, strategy, vision
Change
Change management
Behavioral change
Avoiding bias
Inclusion
This former undercover program coordinator brings a unique perspective to risk assessment and mitigation strategies for corporations.
Dennis Franks
Ex FBI undercover program coordinator
Expert on investigation, crime, security, fraud, entertainment
Intelligence, clandestine operations
Inspiring, motivating
Avoiding bias, diversity
Security, counterterrorism
Performance improvement, sales
FBI
Entertainment
Producer
Investigation
Security
This 34-year veteran of CIA’s clandestine service teaches leadership skills rooted in CIA practices.
Douglas London
Ex CIA officer & station chief
Expert on intelligence, national security, leadership
Performance improvement, sales
Intelligence, clandestine operations
Security, counterterrorism
Political issues, international business
Leadership, strategy, vision
Change
Change management
Behavioral change
Avoiding bias
Inclusion
This ex CIA officer, NSA analyst, cybersecurity pro, and hacker is also an activist for LGBT+ inclusion.
Emily Crose
Ex CIA, NSA & INSCOM infosec specialist
Expert on tech, cybersecurity, industrial infrastructure, counter-extremism, government transparency
Security, counterterrorism
Risk assessment and management
Intelligence, clandestine operations
Avoiding bias, diversity
Collaboration, communication
Military
CIA
Cyber
Cyber security
Hacking
This CIA senior analyst, author, professor, and corporate trainer is an expert on avoiding cognitive biases.
Gina Bennett
Ex CIA senior analyst & advisor
Expert on cognitive bias, gender equality, intelligence
Performance improvement, sales
Avoiding bias, diversity
Collaboration, communication
Security, counterterrorism
Inspiring, motivating
CIA
Analyst
Analysis
Analytics
Data analytics
This retired FBI supervisory special agent & profiler, is an author, producer, and host of multiple TV and podcast shows.
Jim Clemente
Ex FBI special agent & profiler
Expert on profiling, crime, investigation, deception, entertainment
Performance improvement, sales
Crime, investigation
Collaboration, communication
Intelligence, clandestine operations
Inspiring, motivating
Creativity
Profiling
FBI
Investigation
Children
This SPYEX consultant facilitated a multi-million dollar settlement between a US-based client and a foreign government.
Joseph Assad
Ex counterterrorism official
Expert on security, negotiating, counterterrorism, counterintelligence, human rights
Leadership, strategy, vision
Risk assessment and management
Collaboration, communication
Inspiring, motivating
Avoiding bias, diversity
Intelligence
Counterterrorism
Terrorism
Risk assessment and strategy
Leadership
A sought-after cybersecurity expert, this non-fiction and fiction writer is also an inductee to the Martial Arts Masters' Hall of Fame.
Kevin McDonald
Cybersecurity & systems management leader
Expert on enterprise tech, security, cyber fraud, martial arts
Inspiring, motivating
Avoiding bias, diversity
Security, counterterrorism
Performance improvement, sales
Risk assessment and management
Security
Cyber
Cyber security
Technology
Crime
This master of deception detection, body language & rapport development was an interrogator after 9/11 at GTMO.
Lena Sisco
Ex DoD interrogator & Naval intel officer
Expert on interviewing, deception, leadership, change management, entertainment
Intelligence, clandestine operations
Security, counterterrorism
Collaboration, communication
Leadership, strategy, vision
Aerospace, military
Clandestine
Collaborating
Teamwork
Communication
Counterterrorism

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John Fuller
President & CEO, Johnny Rockets
Ex FBI counterintelligence operative, Eric O'Neill
"One of the most highly decorated CIA field operations officers of his generation... if people knew the work he has done in the shadows of the Middle East, Europe, and Russia, they would sleep easier at night."
Michael Morell
Former Acting Director, CIA
on Ex CIA intelligence service officer, Marc Polymeropoulos
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Lois Glab
Chairman, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Docent Association
on Ex FBI special agent and undercover operative, Bob Hamer
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Bob Dougherty
Former undercover operations officer & instructor, CIA
on Ex double agent and former member of Nelson Mandela's spy unit, Bradley Steyn
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Barry Scheck
Lawyer & Co-Founder, The Innocence Project
on author & private investigator, Tyler Maroney
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Alice Grasset
Head of Marketing, Israel and Emerging Markets, Salesforce
on Ex CIA undercover officer, Michele Rigby Assad