[0:01]As part of an experiment to explore the human mind, we asked twenty-two people to solve the same riddle, and recorded their responses. Feel free to participate also. Are you ready? Um The riddle. A father is about to bring his son to a job interview, applying for a position at a large stockbrokers company in the city. Just as they arrive at the company's parking lot, the son's phone rings. He looks at his father who says, Go ahead, answer it. The caller is the trading company's CEO who says, Good luck son, you've got this. The son ends the call and once again looks at his father, who is still next to him in their car. How is this possible?
[0:57]He gets a call from the CEO, but it says Good luck son. But he was next to him. So it's not the father. I think it was probably an audio recording of his father. Maybe he made an, a demo tape? Like is like he has two fathers? This is a hard one. Maybe it's a word joke, like It's the grandfather of the son. No, I think his name is 'Son'. I don't know. Maybe it's just an old man, you know, calling a younger guy 'son'. I have no idea. The answer. It's his mother. Ah. Oh, that's, oh, that's so stupid. Yes, of course. Oh. Ah. I should've thought of that. Yes. The CEO is a woman. So I'm, I'm biased in a sense. Is this about diversity and inclusion? That's really mind-blowing actually. So I always thought that I'm not as not very sexist, but in spite of that, I think that these subconscious biases are there in everyone's mind. How much bias I still have in terms of thinking that the CEO needs to be a man. Yeah, I definitely was picturing a man. CEOs identify with males more than females these days. Why can't women also be CEOs or doctors or, right? When I think about a CEO or or someone that's high positioned within a company, I mostly think of men. And it's a shame, I think. And that's so weird, because I'm a CEO and I'm a woman. I want to be a CEO, why didn't I think about that? I believe women can absolutely be CEOs. And that's definitely something we should work on, especially when you're saying that so many people have been told this riddle and most people haven't gotten it. Women make great CEOs and great leaders as well. And yet only 5% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women. Challenge stereotypes. Fight bias. Celebrate women's achievements. Let's change our mindset.
