We’re in 2024, surrounded by cutting-edge technology, and yet toxic work environments continue to thrive and affect millions of workers. How is it that despite the wealth of incident management apps at our disposal, harmful psychosocial workplace behaviors persist?
SpatzAI: Micro-conflict Pre-reporting Toolkit
SpatzAI Micro-conflict Pre-reporting SpatzAI has been designed as a micro-conflict pre-reporting toolkit specifically aimed at addressing minor spats or micro-conflicts within workplace teams before they can escalate into reportable conflict incidents. Interestingly enough... "Safe Work Australia will work with the Parliamentary Counsel’s Committee to draft amendments to the model WHS Act, with the aim of... Continue Reading →
Psychological House of Cards
The concept of psychological safety being compromised by one individual indicates a fragile foundation—a "psychological house of cards." True psychological safety is resilient and can withstand challenges from any team member.
The Biggest Cause of Unresolved Conflict….
The biggest cause of unresolved conflict is not resolving them.
Navigating Failure in Teams: Missteps vs. Misbehaviors
Failure or mistakes in teams are not always a bad thing; they are often stepping stones to success. However, it's essential to distinguish between two specific types of failure or mistakes in our business.....
The Golden Rule Error
The Golden Rule Error The golden rule is a moral principle commonly understood as "treat others as you would like to be treated." This rule is often attributed to Jesus a couple of thousand years ago and has been a central tenet of many religions and ethical systems throughout history. The golden rule encourages individuals... Continue Reading →
Workplace Protection for Speaking Up
Lately, this idea encouraging workplace team members to speak up and call out mistakes, misbehavior, and misleading leadership has been getting a lot of airwaves. Still, no one seems to be discussing how we can supply sufficient protection during the process.A key to my understanding of this issue is from the quote: “Psychological safety is... Continue Reading →
Blind Misleading the Blind
It's time to get serious about this. I believe it's time we start talking about basic protections that allow workplace team members to speak up rather than listening to the ubiquitous cliches and platitudes that psychologists use to describe the need for psychological safety.
Avoiding Major Conflict with SpatzAI: The Code of Conduct for Minor Misbehavior
Our suggestion for using an app and peer review network to facilitate conflict resolution and data analysis is intriguing and could potentially have wide-reaching implications. Our proposal has thought-provoking ideas for how we can navigate disagreements in a more productive and objective way.
Psychological Safety and Micro-conflicts (Spats) in Teams
In a research paper in 2017 "The dynamics of micro-conflicts and uncertainty in successful and unsuccessful design teams" (link to PDF), the authors seem to have made a direct correlation between successful design teams and how they tackled their micro-conflicts. The authors found that a team's psychological safety was directly related to how teams (in... Continue Reading →
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