From Keith Macpherson, Clevedon, Somerset, UK
You say that “using blind or anonymised hiring practices” may weaken unconscious bias. This reminds me of a tale, probably apocryphal, of the hiring methods of the chief pilot of an airline.
The story goes that he would take the pile of application forms and throw them down the stairs. The applicant whose form went the furthest got the job. When asked why he did things this way, he replied: “I don’t want any unlucky pilots working for me.”
