The Person You Mean to Be

Outline

The Person You Mean to Be (2018) helps well-meaning people recognise the hidden biases that can affect how they treat others. Dolly Chugh explains that most people are not perfect but can keep growing, and describes how to move from simply believing in fairness to acting on it. With research and real stories, she offers practical steps for building more inclusive workplaces and communities.

• Well-meaning people can still hold hidden biases that quietly shape how they treat others.
• Most people are not perfect, but they can keep growing and improving over time.
• Believing in fairness is not enough; the book shows how to act on it.
• Practical steps can make workplaces and communities more inclusive.
• The advice draws on research and real stories rather than theory alone.

Dolly Chugh is an American social psychologist and professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. She studies how people make ethical decisions and how unconscious bias affects behaviour at work. Her books include The Person You Mean to Be and A More Just Future.