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№ 14 | Psychological Safety Gaps, Feedback Using Playing Cards, Strategy and Clarity, ORSC and Agile, and… Tools for Leaving Twitter

Psychological Safety Gaps

I love the framing of these as psychological safety gaps (from trainer, coach, & facilitator John Schrag).

I’ve recently become fascinated with the phenomenon of “safety gaps” – teams where psychological safety is taken very seriously; where the team leaders seem to be trying to do the right things, but are failing to achieve the desired results.

Eight observations. Nothing too surprising. But, I love that we're moving into the realm of observing and labeling blockers (and enablers) of psychological safety—kind of a proto-framework or game, yes?

A feedback framework based on playing cards!

This super simple (and memorable!) framework from LifeLabs helps level up feedback, using…Diamonds, Clubs, Hearts, and Spades!

Strategy and clarity

John Cutler offers a response to this thought-provoking statement:

Why do most companies [lack] a clear and coherent product strategy? My take: Because in most companies, there is a lot of (hidden) value in the lack of clarity and coherence.

Syntax destruction. Clarity vs Certainty. This short post on “Why Most Strategies Lack Clarity” left with me with some things to think about… There's a lot of tension between providing a clear, bold vision, and allowing for teams and orgs to learn, shape, and alter that vision along the way.

ORSC and agile

Notes from an agile coach who recently completed training for Organization and Relationship Systems coaching. The ‘team alliance’ exercise (below) is one of many methods taught to bring an organization and systems focus to teams.

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Leaving twitter?

Not sure who needs this, but these tools/services may come in handy:

ListFollowers.com — Get a list of your follows, followers, or mutuals, and more!
Looking for twitter friends on Mastodon? Here are two tools I've come across: Twitodon and Fedifinder

And finally…

Mastodon makes sense now, thanks to this clear and thorough explanation: “A futuristic Mastodon introduction for 2021” (H/T Erika Hall)

№ 117 | A Special “Two-fer” Edition: Museum Activities, Attention, Technology & Childhood Education, Writing Together, Two Critiques of Org Change, and More Great Conversation Starters

A special “two-fer” edition, featuring things to think with or think about—that happen to pair nicely with each other! Context: While collecting the various things that make it into this newsletter, I sometimes come across posts, frameworks, etc. that feel better to share together, as a pair (or triptych)

№ 116 | Mapping the Sources of Power, The Atlas of New Futures, Factitious, Mutual Aid Self Care Zine, Lecture-Zines by Darren Raven, Wild Cards Deck, and the Weight of Worry

Hello, and welcome to another edition of Thinking Things, your mostly-regular dose of ‘Playful Things to Think With’ (and think about). Mapping the Sources of Power By way of a LinkedIn post from Scott Wolfson comes this map depicting “how experts actually make decisions.” It’s a hand drawn conceptual

№ 115 | Copyright: The Card Game, Design Thinking Canvas, The Learning Matrix, “Moving From SWOT to SO WHAT? Analysis”, Prosocial Design Network, Lenny’s World… Remixed!, and Violence as a Contagious Disease

I'm back again, with your regular roundup of ‘playful things to think with’ and think about! (Two days later than usual, but… other priorities!) Copyright: The Card Game Now this is how you design a learning card game! Take a confusing topic (in this case copyright law). Create

№ 114 | Platform Thinking Journey Cards, The Dictionary of Radical Alternatives, Learning Theory Map, “Let Them Have Your Way” Zine, a Framework Mashup!, “There is No System 2”, Go for Goals, and Gutenberg Revisited

Welcome to another curious roundup of ‘playful things to think with’ and think about! Platform Thinking Journey Cards Here’s a shout out to my friend Werner Puchert, who just dropped another one of his extensive card deck video reviews. This time, he’s looking at the Platform Thinking Journey