About This Book
Make Work Fair (2025) offers a data-driven alternative to ineffective diversity training by showing how to redesign workplace systems themselves. It demonstrates how measuring patterns, removing structural barriers, and building accountability into daily work creates organizations that are both fairer and more effective.
Who Should Read This?
- People who run meetings, mentor colleagues, or influence workplace processes
- Those curious about why traditional diversity efforts frequently fail
- Anyone who wants to understand how systems create invisible advantages and disadvantages
About the Author
Iris Bohnet is the Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School, where she co-directs the Women and Public Policy Program. A behavioral economist who combines insights from economics and psychology, she previously authored the award-winning book What Works: Gender Equality by Design. She has served as academic dean of Harvard Kennedy School for six years and advises governments and companies worldwide, including roles as Special Advisor on the Gender Equality Acceleration Plan to the UN Secretary-General and member of the Gender Equality Advisory Council of the G7. Siri Chilazi is a senior researcher at the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School, and an internationally recognized expert in advancing gender equality in organizations. She conducts research on how organizations can become more inclusive while translating these insights for practitioners through speaking, training, and advisory work with organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Her work regularly appears in outlets including Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, BBC, Fast Company, and Forbes, and she has spoken at hundreds of events worldwide.
