

Two important articles in a noisy week
Two articles I read this week stand out, one about the importance of psychological safety when working in teams and one on transformation when new in role. We know from previous research that diverse teams with a blend of different approaches, perspectives, background, information and styles are more effective than when one behaviour or approach is dominant. For diversity to flourish, psychological safety is required. It means that team members believe that they will not be h


Feedback when you're not the boss
In theory, feedback is an effective way of learning and improving. In practice, even when well intended, we respond emotionally to criticism which makes it difficult to improve ourselves and others. Whilst feedback from your boss is often interpreted as an evaluation, it is even harder not to have the message lost in translation when giving and receiving feedback to and from peers and colleagues. A lot has been written about giving and receiving feedback but here are some rec