First, I want to say thank you to everyone who wrote in with positivity and gratitude for JOY. It felt really good. And even better to have support around an ending. THANK YOU. This week I share about my process around digging through some not so attractive ego stuff. I am always grateful to sift through the darkness, but it is a vulnerable experience nonetheless. I know many of you are on similar adventures of the psyche. Thank you for sharing your stories with me. I'm listening. Like I say, it's crowded down here in the hole. Thank goodness. Good to be with you down here. ………………………………………………………………………………………. When I was in high school if you cut...
Welcome to the final installment of my Human-Centered Systems Thinking project! I'm excited to share this final phase. Thanks so much for all your questions! Keep sending them my way, I'm always happy to chat systems with you! This final part of the project involves dissecting stakeholder interviews to discover a point of leverage for change. Leverage points can be found in many places within systems but when it comes to possible prototyping solutions to complex problems, leverage points that offer the opportunity for high impact and ease of implementation are key. After evaluating potential leverage points for change, I determined that experimenting with feedback expectations in the classroom met both the requirements for impact and ease of...
First, a big giant THANK YOU, high five and bear hug to all of you who filled out THE WORLD FEEDBACK SURVEY! I have been reading your stories and they are truly heartfelt. Those of you who are interested in being interviewed, I'll be responding, so hang tight. But for now, big ugly cry thank you for participating in this adventure. If you missed the announcement last week, head here to learn more. As Part Two of my Feedback + Critique discussion, I’m excited to share my project on feedback for the Human-Centered Systems Thinking course I completed last month. For those of you who have asked, the course is offered through IDEO University. I have completed two of their courses, and...
This week on the podcast I offer up a THEORY episode about a psychiatric nurse and a patient I worked with on a hospital unit many years ago. It’s a sweet story about life and work and how the hard journey of getting to know ourselves is always worth it. I briefly mention a co-therapist style of group facilitation and I wanted to share here in the newsletter a little background on the significance of group work and the specific reasons why this co-facilitator style is so effective. Before we dive in, I want to encourage you to welcome yourself to this conversation. A lot of discussions like this are had by professionals trying to foster change, yet the...
