Episodes
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
12 - Accumulating Sorrow and Network Trauma
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
We, humans, are greatly influenced by the people around us. Our social networks affect our behavior and emotions. They can be a source of support buoying us up. But what happens when most of your network is in the same distress? When sorrows pile on, the whole network can spiral into trauma. In this mini-episode, we’ll talk about what you can do if you are in an organization that is experiencing a cumulative accumulation of sorrow and network trauma.
Saturday Apr 13, 2019
6 - Asking Better Questions - How Different Structures Of Questions Function
Saturday Apr 13, 2019
Saturday Apr 13, 2019
For the most part, we've learned how to ask questions from the way people have asked us questions, but also through observing and imitating our parents, teachers, and other people in authoritative positions. Very often the question we are asked in school have a right answer, they are closed or multiple choice which is a variation of a closed question. As a result, our questions are often not nearly as effective as they can be and in this episode, we explore the structure of questions and how the structure impacts their usefulness or effectiveness. We also discuss the scope of a question and how that can either empower or disempower the team or people we ask the questions too.
We've created a short download with example questions. Download it here.
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
4 - System Constraints and De-constraints
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Adding and removing constraints impacts patterns and performance. Too many constraints limit people from taking action and collaborating which is usually the opposite of what organizations want. But with too few constraints we get flailing. Or? Do we? That's what we talk about in this episode--what if we got it all wrong and our job is mostly about removing constraints?