When we honestly ask ourselves about our role in the creation of a situation that frustrates us, and set aside asking about *their* role, then the world changes around us. ~ Peter Block, The Answer to How Is Yes
A learning organization is a place where people are continually discovering how they create their reality. And how they can change it. ~ Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline #systemsthinking
Creating space for dissent is the way #diversity gets valued in the world. Inviting dissent into the conversation is how we show respect for a wide range of beliefs ~ Peter Block, Community
“Vulnerability doesn’t come after trust—it precedes it. Leaping into the unknown, when done alongside others, causes the solid ground of trust to materialize beneath our feet.” ~ D. Coyle, The Culture Code
"Minority viewpoints are important, not because they tend to prevail but because they stimulate divergent attention and thought. Even when they are wrong they contribute to the detection of novel solutions that, on balance, are qualitatively better." ~ Matthew Syed, Rebel Ideas
"Our freedom begins with knowing our intentions, knowing what matters to us, knowing which values will guide our actions. The question, then, is what are we willing to commit to?" (Peter Block, The Answer to How Is Yes)
@batusa I read it a few years ago. I recently installed this app called Readwise that sends me a daily selection of my own Kindle highlights. I am loving it, it's bringing back all this wisdom I forgot about!
"Solutions that merely shift problems from one part of a system to another often go undetected because those who “solved” the first problem are different from those who inherit the new problem." (Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline)
@ItsUnderstood Team progression in self-organization, autonomy, engagement, psychological safety and productivity. Cross-team collaboration. Short feedback loops at all levels. Some of this stuff is really hard to measure. I rely a lot on my intuition and on people's qualitative feedback.
"If people must be willing to be vulnerable in order to grow, they also need a community that will support them in—and through—their vulnerability." (Robert Kegan, Lisa Laskow Lahey, An Everyone Culture)
🎵 Lack of diversity
🎵 Is what lowers the bar
🎵 by artificially limiting
🎵 your hiring pool
🎵 and if you can't see that
🎵 it's probably because
🎵 the bar was too low
🎵 when we hired you
I wouldn’t know how to stop discussing political and societal issues at work. This discourse is core to thoughtful decision making & maintaining user/customer centricity. Societal context is important for building & managing teams with empathy & building products people love.
“We can have more positive impacts in tech if we just put our heads down and focus on the tech.”
No. In fact, I’d argue every single major problem in tech is because we continue to ignore people. Stop doing that.