"Dogfooding", refers to the practice of a company or individual using their own product or service internally before (or while) offering it to customers. This ensures that the product is functional, reliable, and effective in real-world scenarios.
Fair Play in the Workplace: Why We Need an Unbiased Referee
The workplace, much like a team sport, thrives on collaboration, shared goals, and fair play. But what happens when potentially unfair challenges arise? Teams often face interpersonal conflicts, disagreements, or micro-conflicts that disrupt harmony and productivity.
SpatzAI: The Game the Whole Team Can Play
Have you ever wondered how to create a truly collaborative team? One where fair play thrives, and micro-conflicts become growth opportunities? Enter SpatzAI: The Game the Whole Team Can Play. It’s not just a toolkit; it’s a revolutionary approach to teamwork that transforms daily decision-making into a quest for objectivity.
SpatzAI: Reporting Micro-Psychosocial Hazards
Psychosocial hazards—factors in the workplace that affect mental health and well-being—present a unique challenge. Unlike physical hazards, their impact can often feel ambiguous, making them harder to identify, report, and address. The term itself suggests that these hazards might be “all in our head,” leading many to hesitate in reporting them for fear of being dismissed or misunderstood.
SpatzAI: Moving From Festering Conflicts To Fostering Collaboration
Management consultants often lecture about psychological safety and psychosocial hazards, using impressive terms that sound great in theory. But managers and team leaders are often left to piece together the rhetoric, struggling to address micro-conflicts effectively at the coalface.
2043: A World Reimagined Through Fairer Micro-Conflict Management
🌍 2043: A World Reimagined Through Fairer Conflict Management 🌍 Imagine a world where billions of people engage daily with one simple principle: "Caution, Objection, Stop."
Possible SpatzAI On-Boarding Scenario
Here is a scenario for on-boarding team players to use the SpatzAI toolkit. What opinions do you agree with or disagree with in the following? What behavior (method of delivery) do you object to or accept in the following?
SpatzAI: Making Good Team Players Great
SpatzAI is designed for team players committed to fairness, accountability, and disciplined collaboration. It’s not for everyone—and that’s intentional. To ensure success, SpatzAI vets potential team players by testing their willingness to embrace SpatzAI’s core principles:
SpatzAI: 3 Devices in One Resolution Revolution
Just as Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone in January of 2007, as a revolutionary combination of three devices in one, the launch of SpatzAI in 2025 will be redefining teamwork and conflict resolution with its own Micro-conflict Resolution Revolution.
Addressing a Team Member or Boss Being Rude
How to address someone when they are not part of your team and one cannot use SpatzAI to address someone's dogmatic behavior. From a recent comment on Linkedin My favorite approach to addressing rude or objectionable behavior in a team is to object to it. I guess that’s why we call it ‘objectionable’. How should... Continue Reading →
