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The Trouble with Elephants
This book is 20% completeLast updated on 2018-11-01
Jenny has been working at Analytical Intelligence for over 20 years. And now, their 6 months new product manager Mark has made all kinds of promises to their manager Steve, who has promised all sorts of things to his manager Sam.
Everyone's head is on the block, but maybe that's not the only thing they have in common?
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What happens to people when their organisations create unsafe environments? What happens when organisations don't support (or even punish) people for having complicated lives? What happens to us when we are stuck in (or under) a power structure?
What might happen, if people started to listen? If people started to learn? What if we started to see our resources as humans? Messy, chaotic, complex, brilliant humans. What if we didn't have to get (or take) the most from our people, but they gave their best, willingly, because they were no longer stuck in a power structure, but supported to really be the best they can be and want to be?
The Trouble with Elephants explores what on the surface, look like the kind of people we have all worked with at one time or another. But just like those people we knew, or thought we knew, everyone has something going on in their lives. Based on over 3 decades of research into psychological safety, team effectiveness and leadership The Trouble with Elephants will show you how messy humans, with all their challenges are a pain to control, which is exactly why that is precisely the last thing you need to do.
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John Le Drew
John has spent most of the last 2 decades working in the software industry, with a focus on web technologies. After 10 years as a software engineer John moved into consultancy where he quickly learned the value of team dynamics and how most technical challenges are projecting underlying issues with collaboration. So his focus shifted, while still being very involved technically, his first focus is on facilitating a safe, creative, collaborative environment.
John has spoken around the world about the importance of psychological safety in his talk “Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions”, he has been invited to speak across the UK, Europe, US and Africa.
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