How Zero-Sum Beliefs Get in the Way of Fairness
The more we are stuck in the fixed-pie mentality, the harder it is to spot the opportunities to expand the pie.
Iris Bohnet is the Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government and the co-director of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School. She was appointed as an advisor to the UN’s Gender Equality Acceleration Plan in 2024 and to the Gender Equality Advisory Council of the G7 in 2021. She is the author of What Works: Gender Equality by Design and co-author of Make Work Fair: Data-Driven Design for Real Results (with Siri Chilazi).
The more we are stuck in the fixed-pie mentality, the harder it is to spot the opportunities to expand the pie.
It is time for venture capitalists to stop trying to change hearts and minds and start redesigning their firms.