A conversation about exploring the collaborative space between individuals, hosted by Karen Gimnig and Paul Tevis.
Last Episode Date: 23 July 2024
Total Episodes: 219
"Before I give somebody some feedback, I actually want to ask them, are they open to it? I want to ask this question because if my intention is to actually share some information that's going to help them to do something effective in the future, then I need to know...
"When we go to work with somebody else, it's pretty easy to find myself saying, 'Man, I wish they would just show up on time." Or, 'Man, I wish they would just be organized and not be constantly asking me for the stuff that I already sent them.'...
"We shouldn't expect that things will always go perfectly, that we will never fail to deliver on our obligations. The need to repair trust isn't a sign that this is a broken, dysfunctional relationship. It's normal, it's just unfortunate."Karen ...
"The way you share bad news has an impact on the relationship; on that space between; in that collaborative space. So we want to explore today ways that you can share that bad news in a way that works; in a way that maybe avoids some of the things that we think might go...
"How relevant is it to them in terms of their decision-making? What sort of agency are they gonna have when this comes out? Because if it's something that's uncertain, that they can't actually do anything about, and they're just gonna stew on it and ...
"Sometimes there are actual consequences that do need to go along when things go wrong, but it's far less often than we actually seem to think when somebody is saying there needs to be more accountability." Paul & Karen discuss what do to when we did have...
"The statement 'We need more accountability' usually comes up when we've deviated in some way from our perfect idea of how we're going to work together. Which is to say, we start with this shared understanding of what it is we're all each indivi...
"For this particular decision, how aligned do we all need to be around it in order for the decision to be effective? In order for the idea that we're trying to move forward to really move into reality? Because that threshold of alignment varies with the type of thi...
"That's where the actual solutions to your complex problems are: in the things that we disagree about, that we want to run away from because other people's ideas or perspectives are so different from the ones that we have. We can't just look at them and g...
"Whatever that thing is, we're bringing our own flavor to it, and we don't realize that we're painting it. A lot of that flavor painting is unconscious. And so it's not that I think I'm sneaking my way in, or you think you're sneaking your ...
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