Book Review: The Fearless Organization

This book by Amy C. Edmondson expresses the ways to create a Psychological Safety in the workplace for learning, innovation and growth.

Psychological Safety is broadly defined as a climate in which people are comfortable expressing and being themselves. People feel their workplace is an environment where they can speak up, offer ideas, and ask questions without fear of being punished or embarrassed.

Building a psychologically safe workplace

Enjoyed this TEDx Talk: Building a psychologically safe workplace by Amy Edmondson

Amy Edmondson, talks on building psychological safety – a belief to speak up with concerns, questions, ideas or mistakes and is absolutely acceptable.

8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for

Enjoyed this TED Talk: 8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for by Patty McCord

Patty McCord, who always wanted to be an HR Professional, shares wonderful and simple lessons that makes the employee enjoy working for their company.

Every kid needs a champion

Enjoyed this TED Talk: Every kid needs a champion by Rita Pierson

Pierson, an inspirational teacher, shares her views on how we can be a motivator, being a model!

3 questions to ask yourself about everything you do

Enjoyed this TED Talk: 3 questions to ask yourself about everything you do by Stacey Abrams

Stacey Abrams was the first black woman in the history of the United States to be nominated by a major party for governor, shares the lessons she learned from her campaign for governor of Georgia, some advice on how to change the world.

How to motivate people to do good for others

Enjoyed this TED Talk: How to motivate people to do good for others by Erez Yoeli

Erez shares how to make people do good, puts forward 3 checklists to make them do!

3 ways to be a better ally in the workplace

Enjoyed this TED Talk:
3 ways to be a better ally in the workplace by Melinda Epler

Epler shares three ways to support underrepresented people in a workplace. She insists on having and being an ally to the one who face discrimination. She shares how she was underrepresented in her workplace and how she expects the colleagues to support her.

Why good leaders make you feel safe

Enjoyed this TED Talk:
Why good leaders make you feel safe by Simon Sinek

Simon Sinek defines Leadership as a Choice and not a rank or an authority.

According to him, we can call a leader a good leader when
1. They take risk before anybody else.
2. They sacrifice themselves to make their people safe & protected.
3. They provide trust & cooperation.

Analogy:

Great leader is like a parent.

Why the secret to success is setting the right goals

Enjoyed this TED Talk:
Why the secret to success is setting the right goals by John Doerr

Doer exposes us a goal setting system – OKR – Objectives and Key Results that has been employed by Google, Intel and Bono to set and execute on audacious goals.

Many of us are setting wrong goals and most of us are not setting goals, but setting goals work for organization, team and even for individuals. Truly transformational teams combine their ambitions to their passion and to their purpose, and they develop a clear and compelling sense of why.

A simple goal setting system – OKR (Objective and Key Results)

1. Objective – what one want to have accomplished
2. Key Results – How one going to get the objective done

Why tech needs the humanities

Enjoyed this TED Talk:
Why tech needs the humanities by Eric Berridge

Eric Berridge, a co-founder of global consulting agency and a Salesforce strategic partner Bluewolf, an IBM Company, expresses his views on humanities offer skills that are becoming increasingly valuable to the success of business everywhere.

Why jobs of the future won’t feel like work

Enjoyed this TED Talk:
Why jobs of the future won’t feel like work by David Lee

David brings forward how human beings have an amazing ability to bring together capability with creativity when faced with problems that we’ve never seen before. This would help start creating new jobs that are less centered on the tasks that a person does and more focused on the skills that a person brings to work.

Be humble — and other lessons from the philosophy of water

Enjoyed this TED Talk:
Be humble — and other lessons from the philosophy of water by Raymond Tang

Raymond gives a new abbreviation for H₂O (Water = Hydrogen & Oxygen):

1. Humility
2. Harmony
3. Openness

Looking for a job? Highlight your ability, not your experience

Enjoyed this TED Talk:
Looking for a job? Highlight your ability, not your experience by Jason Shen

Jason Shen shares some new thinking on how the hiring systems that was built around 20th century are failing and causing us to miss out people with incredible potential. He proposes how job seekers can make themselves more attractive and why employers should look for ability over credentials.

I learned : Keep Calm

This small video, taught me to be calm always!

Simple words, but still means a lot:

“People are like garbage trucks. They run around with garbage and they are full of disappointment, full of frustration, full of anger, and when their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it. And sometimes, they will dump it on you.

Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness

Enjoyed this TED Talk:
Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness by Michele L. Sullivan

Michele shares her experience how she got help from her family, her friends, her colleagues and many strangers. She is feeling good that she has a friendly support system. She says, “Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness.”