Bullying works. If it didn't work, there wouldn't be any.At times, people in a team will bully or use coercive behavior to unfairly affect the outcome of a decision. Obviously bullying in teams will influence the decision-making process and affect the actual choices made. This may explain why so many startup teams fail. If you... Continue Reading →
Disputz Network Values
Disputz Review Network CLARITYThere are no complex rules of engagement to learn with Disputz. One lets the other know, in real-time, when one is offended, and there can be only one of two results; the objection is sustained or overruled. For example, when one objects to poor behavior or attitude, in real-time during a disagreement,... Continue Reading →
Disputz Review Network Pitch
the problem Internal disputes occur in teams & especially startup teams when they are making pivotal decisions early on. It can be a power struggle when we disagree & can expose poor behavior & attitude issues. These disputes are difficult to resolve, cause us friction, and upset the dynamics within the team, which can leave... Continue Reading →
The Quest to Find Psychological Safety
The quest to find Psychological Safety has been ongoing since 2016, when everyone found out, What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team. Since then, everyone seems to be trying to find and define how we go about achieving Psychological Safety. How Do We Find & Define Psychological Safety What if I said... Continue Reading →
DISPUTZ EXPLAINER
What is it: Disputz is a Culture-as-a-Service AI platform to help teams resolve their internal disputes. Our Mission: To empower team members to make self-confident & objective decisions. how we do this: By enabling team members to consistently OBJECT to behavior that we find offensive, during disagreements, and if necessary, have our objections peer reviewed.... Continue Reading →
Is Psychological Safety a Myth?
If someone claimed that a particular startup team or organization has a high level of Psychological Safety, you would expect that the team members would be able to answer a series of psych. safety questions in unison, right? Taking this test should be an accurate and objective way to prove one way or the other... Continue Reading →
Google Does Evil
I think everyone should see the latest movie on Netflix, The Billion Dollar Code and make Google pay for their corrupt behavior in some way. Google does do evil, in my opinion.
Patrick Carlyon: An open letter to aggressive anti-vaxxers
There aren’t many of you, are there? The numbers tell us that. Seventeen out of every 20 Victorians has had at least a first jab, and rising. That means those who will not get vaccinated represent a small minority of Victorians. Some of you, like rusted-on One Nation members, believe that it’s not about saying... Continue Reading →
Is a Conflict Resolution Strategy the Psychological Safety Strategy?
Unresolved conflict in the workplace is not something anyone wants; I think we all can safely agree? So it makes sense that we should have a conflict management strategy to make the workplace physically and psychologically safe. So which strategy comes first, a Psychological Safety strategy or a Conflict Management strategy? Hmmm, good question, grasshopper.... Continue Reading →
Empowering Startup Team Decision-making
In 2005 I tried to warn our startup team of three about taking on the wrong investors & was dismissed as a "loose cannon," so I deferred to the them. At the time, we didn't even recognize the team's behavior as uncivil or toxic.Three years later, and after $2M invested, we lost everything due to... Continue Reading →
Disagreements are NOT Conflicts
Listen to organizational psychologists, and some will sprout the idea that conflict can sometimes be good. I believe that any conflict or dispute is not something to be enjoyed or aspire to have. That there is a big difference between a disagreement and a conflict.Disagreements, to me, are essential, and we should have far more... Continue Reading →
Caution, Psychological Safety Hazards Ahead!
As you may know by now, Psychological Safety is the latest buzzword for organizations and teams, since everyone found out What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team. Although these authors and many others do an excellent job describing WHAT Psychological Safety is, there is still no standard recipe for explaining HOW... Continue Reading →
Poor Decision-making and Bad Luck, the Only Causes for Startups Failing
How we make our choices and decisions in startups is going to determine if we fail or not (along with some luck)—this is the premise of this post. Would you agree that all of these factors below, for startups failing, are just the symptoms of poor “decision-making", and that we can safely say that the... Continue Reading →
Psychological Safety Drill & Safety Net
So, you want psychological safety for your organization or team? Psychological Safety is the latest buzzword used since everyone found out what Google was up to with Project Aristotle and what they learned in their quest to build the perfect team. But ask someone how we get Psychological Safety, and most authors seem to expound... Continue Reading →
