Nice work @kofman and team!
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”After the decision has been stated, the decision maker requests that each team member commit support to the decision aloud.“
This seems infantilizing and cult like.
Forced speech in general is a red flag in a company culture or a relationship.
If people don’t respect that a decision has been made, that is a problem, but this ritual is not going to solve that.
While researching, I found this inspiring post by Gokul Rajaram who is someone I respect tremendously. If you haven't heard of Gokul, he's considered the Godfather of Google AdSense, creator of FB's ad platform and now a leader at Square. It's worth at least considering his advice :-)
Here's the article where Gokul recommends this approach: https://firstround.com/review/square-defangs-difficult-decis...
"After a decision is made, each participant must commit support out loud. Pledging support aloud binds you to the greater good."
To my surprise, this technique is highly effective. Might be worth giving it a try?
bretthellman commented on Decision Disagreement Framework matterapp.com/blog/decisi... · Posted by u/yarapavan
The website for Matter suggests they are a team of 4. If you're that small and have a set of problems that require this solution, that's a red flag. But more to the point, IMO you don't have the really hard forms of decision disagreement that are found in larger organizations where people are inevitably removed from decisions that substantially affect them.
Unless you're talking from that perspective... idk, it doesn't seem that interesting
I respectfully disagree. Steve Jobs used to talk about how a great team is like the Beatles. They were four really talented people that balanced each other and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. It's hard to imagine the Beatles didn't disagree with one another and I would bet they eventually learned how to have productive disagreements. This is our attempt to define that best practice and help new hires be successful as we grow the team.
The sooner a company establishes how to have productive conversations and unlock everyone's potential the better.
bretthellman commented on Decision Disagreement Framework matterapp.com/blog/decisi... · Posted by u/yarapavan
Implementing, and practicing, a framework like this is an incredible way to build a culture that makes every person feel like his/her opinion can count and will be listened to.
Author of the post here! Just wanted to say I really appreciate this comment. Why would anyone hire someone and not listen to them?
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- https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/04/17/covid-19-mental-health-...
- https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/16/grocery-store-workers-need-f...
- https://www.newyorker.com/culture/video-dept/the-mental-heal...
Sadly, no one appears to be funding the COVID-19 mental health crisis. This would be a great opportunity for Fast Grants to be proactive. I personally know clinical psychologists and researches desperately looking for funding to get ahead of this next wave. LMK if you're interested in helping.