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This People exclusive announces Breaking Bias, published by Hay House/Penguin Random House in 2024. The book features a foreword by His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama.

Anu joins Oprah and author Isabel Wilkerson to discuss the interplay of race, caste, and human hierarchies globally. Watch Anu in The Oprah Conversation on Apple TV+ (Episodes 6 & 7) or listen to the full eight-part series on Oprah’s Book Club Podcast.

Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper Recommends selected Breaking Bias as a must-read. In their words: “Breaking Bias is a book to gift yourself and those you love for its critical lessons and to get to know more of Gupta himself, a worldly human (who is incredibly warm!) making this world more inclusive, awake, and loving.”

What are the economic, social, and emotional costs of unconscious bias? In his TED Talk, Anu shares his personal story as to why he made it his mission to help people and organizations remove unconscious bias from their decision-making. He argues that breaking our unconscious biases can alleviate human suffering but also significantly contribute to our economy.

Stop telling negative stories about yourself and others. In this episode of the 10% Happier Podcast, Anu explains the five causes of bias, how biases hurt your decision-making—and most importantly, how you can use the PRISM Toolkit to unlearn bias.

Breaking Bias was selected by the Axiom Business Book Awards, which recognizes and honors the best books in business literature each year. Breaking Bias was selected from over 200 entrants from 13 countries, showcasing the depth and diversity of business publishing.

Unconscious bias will significantly impact the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. In this article for Time, Anu discusses the neuroscience behind bias, but he also explains how our PRISM Toolkit for breaking bias can help us to recognize and unlearn bias.

In this article for Fast Company, Anu explains how racial bias alone costs the American economy at least $2 trillion annually in terms of wasted costs and thwarted performance. He doesn’t stop there: he also offers five potential solutions.

When it comes to navigating workplace conflict, bias holds leaders and teams back. In this article for Inc., Anu shares five neuroscience-backed strategies to dramatically reduce conflict and boost your leadership.

In this article for the Harvard Business Review, Anu discusses the importance of addressing bias in spite of the uncertain future of DEI initiatives. It also shares practical, science-backed tools managers can use in their organizations to combat bias, foster understanding, and improve business outcomes.

After reviewing more than 1,000 non-fiction entries, Anu’s book, Breaking Bias, was selected by the Non-Obvious Book Awards team alongside works by other luminaries like Malcolm Gladwell, Jonathan Haidt, and Ruha Benjamin.

American Book Fest has selected Breaking Bias as a winner of the 2025 International Book Awards, one of the world’s largest international book award programs for mainstream, indie, and self-published titles.