Knowing When to Act and When to Speak: A Moral Story

Moral: Read the fucking room. Here is story about a boy who falls in the river. The moral of the story is to know when to act and when to speak. “A boy what out canoeing in a frothy river. He hit a stone mid-channel, where the currents were strong and the water deep. His

The best learning

“You can not teach people anything; we can only help them to discover it within themselves.” – Galileo Galilei This is one of my favorite quotes, as the words fall true. The best way to learn something is for people to connect the dots themselves. That is when you really get a deep understanding and

Johari’s window

A window to self awareness. In the 50’s, two smart ladds created a technique to support the concept of bettering peoples self awareness. It is simple, when you come to think of it. The four panes in the window are boxes to fit different attributes to your person. It is a tool that can be

Fundamental attribution error

You are not working hard enough, I am just unlucky. Another common phenomenon in individuals that score high as on the narcissist scale, but also in groups or teams that have been working together for a long time and are overconfident in their own skills. The concept basically cooks down to the person or team

Confirmation bias

Conclude with the results you want to see. A principle that research and development workers needs to be extremely conscious of. Groups can sit with an interest or a wished outcome. This can colour the interpretation of test results or structure a test to make sure an intended success. The people that are affected by

Montessori

Learn and contribute at your own discretion. If your team or organisation are doing more than three of the listed behaviors below, I call this the montessori-effect. If the type of behavior listed above is continuously happening at your work place, and this is the accepted behavior; your workplace might suffer from the Montessori-effect. The

Gerontocracy

The oldest and wisest decides. As this is a more of a political form of rule, very common before our modern times, it is still something that shows its face in many organisations. There might exist an organisational chart that depicts the lines of communication and naturally the levels of decision making. However, in an

Apple’s functional organisation

Ideal with the correct individuals. Instead of a strict ‘line manager’ approach of the organisation, where communication in principle should go up and down the hierarchy. Apple is and has been using another functional organisation structure for a long time. I recommend reading Joel M. Podolny and Morten T. Hansens article on this subject: https://hbr.org/2020/11/how-apple-is-organized-for-innovation

Active listening

Ten commandments to become a brilliant active listener. If you and your colleagues master these, people will thrive in your team and increase psychological security in the group. Cheers, CB

The blind men and the elephant

A story about perspective. From Asia; this story is told in many different version with the same message. Here is my version from memory. “Four blind men were walking in a chain on the side of the road. Each holding their right hand on the shoulder of the man in front. Suddenly, the man first