Session: Make Work Fair: Actionable Solutions That Build Fairness Into the Workplace
In this talk, Siri Chilazi presents a new, evidence-based paradigm for how to create fair workplaces that offer a level playing field for everyone. Through data-backed, actionable solutions that embed fairness into the very fabric of the workplace, we will discover how employees at all levels can make fairer—and simply better—everyday decisions regardless of their role, seniority, responsibilities, or where they are in the world.
Bio
Siri Chilazi is a senior researcher at the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School and an internationally recognized expert in advancing women and promoting gender equity in organizations. As an academic researcher, Siri specializes in identifying practical approaches to close gender gaps at work by de-biasing structures and designing fairer processes. As an advisor and speaker, she collaborates with organizations including start-ups, large multinational companies, top professional services firms, governments, non-profits, and academic institutions to advance gender equity through evidence-based insights. Siri’s work regularly appears in leading media outlets and she has spoken on gender equity at hundreds of large events around the world. Siri is the coauthor, with Iris Bohnet, of Make Work Fair: Data-Driven Design for Real Results (HarperCollins, 2025). She has an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Master in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, and a BA in Chemistry and Physics from Harvard College.