Affinity bias
Subject in Social Sciences
Affinity bias has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Notes from the Edge. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Natalie HolderEmployment attorney, workplace strategist, author of Exclusion, and former corporate people and culture executive
Holder argues leaders have a duty to invest in team members they keep, regardless of whether they like them.
“if you have someone on your team, whether you like them or not, you have a duty to make sure that they're not left out of any sort of mechanisms”
Notes from the Edge: How Do You Know When Work Becomes Trauma? Toxic Work Culture with Natalie Holder (Oct 2, 2026) · Listen from 36:24
Holder cites Stanford research as finding that advancement goes to those who connect with senior leaders rather than those with the best ideas.
“It's the person who is able to connect with the senior leader in the organization. And so that is the person who gets more airtime”
Notes from the Edge: How Do You Know When Work Becomes Trauma? Toxic Work Culture with Natalie Holder (Oct 2, 2026) · Listen from 35:16
Podcasts
- Notes from the Edge · 1 episode
Episodes
How Do You Know When Work Becomes Trauma? Toxic Work Culture with Natalie HolderNotes from the Edge · Oct 2, 2026 · 50 min
Lisa Lacy talks with employment attorney Natalie Holder about workplace trauma, exclusion, affinity bias, and how to plan a deliberate career pivot.