Break the Ice or Build Connection? Elevate Your Meetings with Real Conversations
Ice-breakers make me cringe. There is a better way to spend the first five minutes of a team meeting, and it takes one question.
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What I keep seeing in the room.
Notes on psychological safety, team dynamics, and the conversations senior teams keep having around the edges of the real one.
Are You Really Hearing What’s Being Said by Your Boss, Colleague or a Teammate?
Most workplace friction isn’t a disagreement about ideas. It’s two people who don’t feel heard, arguing about something else.
Embracing Vulnerability in the Workplace: What It Is and What It Isn’t
Most leaders who dismiss vulnerability are dismissing something nobody asked them to do. The workplace version is narrower, harder, and considerably more useful.
The Hidden Dangers of a “Nice” Company Culture
Being nice in the workplace — that hallmark of corporate harmony and endless politeness — might just be your biggest liability.
The History of Psychological Safety: From Concept to Cornerstone
A term that now sits in every leadership deck has seventy years of research behind it. Knowing where it came from makes it much harder to dismiss as a fad.
Understanding Psychological Safety: What It Is and What It Isn’t
The term is used loosely enough that it now means almost anything. Here is the definition worth holding onto, and the four things it is routinely mistaken for.
Lean Coffee: Productive, Inclusive Meetings Without an Agenda
An agenda-less format with a strict structure. Everyone proposes topics, the group votes, and the discussion goes where the votes are.