From Grumpy's Garage

Designed by Wannapik Back in December, 2023, my eldest daughter bought me a subscription for my birthday. Storyworth would send me a writing prompt each week for all of 2024. The prompts were always framed as a question, and I was invited to login and write a short essay to answer it. At first, I was intrigued. My kids and grandkids might learn a bit more about who I really was.  While the prompts often seemed trivial, I often found it challenging to write a good answer. The first prompt was, "What are some of your biggest pet peeves?" I know that I have pet peeves. Lots of them. And anyone who spends much time with me quickly learns what they are. But sitting down and simply listing them is kinda hard. For starters, I had to look at my personality and habits from an external perspective. I had to put myself in the shoes of people around me. That requires a certain level of self-awareness that I don't often practice. As I identified some of my pet peeves, I found myself ...

Source: TED.com I recently spent three days at Google's Los Angeles office where 75+ Googlers, TeamDev Consultants, and Facilitators all gathered from around the world for a global summit meeting. It was a once-in-a-long-while opportunity to hone our skills, craft our strategies, and connect with other Googlers which share core values and deep passions. Developing Psychological Safety Day One started at 2pm with a workshop lead by Amy Edmondson, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School . That workshop focused on psychological safety: (a) how it is critical for effective team dynamics where there is a high level of uncertainty and interdependence, and (b) how to cultivate it on your teams. Her workshop started with a case study of error rates in the delivery of medical care at a children's hospital. You can see a short version of Amy's themes in her TEDx talk  in which she shares her research about medical errors at other hospitals. A ke...