I study, consult on, and write about workplace culture, teamwork, and remote work.
What about you?
I’m collecting stories for my new book, Forward Talk.
What’s a conversation you didn’t have—and still regret it.
🟦 Add your story or read what others regret--> www.forwardtalk.co
Help me reach 10,000 stories.
I’m collecting stories for my new book, Forward Talk.
What’s a conversation you didn’t have—and still regret it.
🟦 Add your story or read what others regret--> www.forwardtalk.co
Help me reach 10,000 stories.
We aim to be indispensable but what if we became expendable instead?
Trying to stay needed leads to limiting beliefs and control.
I design myself out of the job to build capacity, not dependency.
Set your own expiration date—or someone else will.
We aim to be indispensable but what if we became expendable instead?
Trying to stay needed leads to limiting beliefs and control.
I design myself out of the job to build capacity, not dependency.
Set your own expiration date—or someone else will.
Try this.
Replace gambling language with experimental one.
Try this.
Replace gambling language with experimental one.
Why do people avoid conflict at work?
Why do teams choose shallow alignment over addressing real issues?
Please complete this short survey: fearlessculture.typeform.com/forwardtalk2
You’ll get a copy of the results!
Why do people avoid conflict at work?
Why do teams choose shallow alignment over addressing real issues?
Please complete this short survey: fearlessculture.typeform.com/forwardtalk2
You’ll get a copy of the results!
But what if that’s the wrong fix?Better decisions require fewer meetings, not more.
Async decision-making rewards reflection, clarity and commitment
👉 Check out my five-step method: think.fearlessculture.design/p/how-to-mak...
But what if that’s the wrong fix?Better decisions require fewer meetings, not more.
Async decision-making rewards reflection, clarity and commitment
👉 Check out my five-step method: think.fearlessculture.design/p/how-to-mak...
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Google's AI is telling people that I am in favour of nuclear war. Because of course it is. This reveals yet another problem with AI that makes things harder for us all.
#AI #Media #Writing
open.substack.com/pu...
Google's AI is telling people that I am in favour of nuclear war. Because of course it is. This reveals yet another problem with AI that makes things harder for us all.
#AI #Media #Writing
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now
Thanks for your service to our country
I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now
Thanks for your service to our country
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Absolute terms like “good culture” or “bad culture” oversimplify reality.
It promotes black-or-white thinking — but culture is more complex.
Most cultures have a mix of both good and bad things.
think.fearlessculture.design/p/your-cultu...
Absolute terms like “good culture” or “bad culture” oversimplify reality.
It promotes black-or-white thinking — but culture is more complex.
Most cultures have a mix of both good and bad things.
think.fearlessculture.design/p/your-cultu...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
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Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
It’s not just fear – it’s how we’ve been shaped.
🚫 We like to be liked
🚫 We fear team retaliation
🚫 We reward harmony over candor
My latest post:
think.fearlessculture.design/p/how-to-sto...
It’s not just fear – it’s how we’ve been shaped.
🚫 We like to be liked
🚫 We fear team retaliation
🚫 We reward harmony over candor
My latest post:
think.fearlessculture.design/p/how-to-sto...
think.fearlessculture.design/p/overcome-t...
think.fearlessculture.design/p/overcome-t...
Parents don't fire their kids for low performance or furlough them in hard times.
A better vision for a workplace is a community—a place where people bond around shared values, feel valued as human beings, and have a voice in decisions that affect them.
Parents don't fire their kids for low performance or furlough them in hard times.
A better vision for a workplace is a community—a place where people bond around shared values, feel valued as human beings, and have a voice in decisions that affect them.
www.economist.com/europe/2024/...
www.economist.com/europe/2024/...
It’s time to let go of grudges.
Forgiveness is not easy.
Over the years, I’ve seen teams struggle as small frictions pile up, eventually becoming heavy grudges.
Here’s how to let go of those grudges!
youtu.be/aUC1BtZFPys
It’s time to let go of grudges.
Forgiveness is not easy.
Over the years, I’ve seen teams struggle as small frictions pile up, eventually becoming heavy grudges.
Here’s how to let go of those grudges!
youtu.be/aUC1BtZFPys