Is your team pointing the finger at one another? Does development hold responsible the business and is the business accusing development? Is everyone too busy pointing the finger to address the problems? Discover how to recognize blame and move beyond it to foster a safe culture. Come to this interactive talk to discover ways to change culture, leave with tools to help you initiate change immediately, and learn from observations and experiments from real experiences with various teams in different organizations in different size businesses.
Presented at the 2014 Self-Conference in Detroit on Friday May 30th with Gerry Kirk
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I think I maybe out of here soon. I am looking for something new.
HOW are you doing?
Someone in the business is blaming me for not delivering what they
asked for; although, that is not what we agreed to and they refuse to
document it and have escalated it to senior management.
WHAT led to this?
Nothing. If they wouldnt refuse to document changes it would not be a
problem.
WHAT could you have done differently?
WHAT can I do?
WHAT are you going to do?
That is a great idea. I could do that!
HOW about you sending notes directly after sessions?
I would have action items captured and they would be able to recall
what happened, as well as, correct immediately if there was a
misunderstanding.
WHAT will this do?
#2: Gerry: Keeping Time, Managing Music,
April & Gerry: Taking Photos, Moving Kanban
#4: Impacts shared from audience and documented on a flip chart and we share impacts that may be missed.
#5: Blame is viral contagious
Contaminating to individual and orgs
Quickly creating a culture of blame that was not intended or desired
Discourages feedback
Cripples learning
Builds workforce of follows
Stifles innovation
Focus on what does not matter instead of fixing what does
Time energy money invested in temporary solution
#6: LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand impacts of blame
Be able to identify blame
Understand blame is a complex problem with unclear solutions
Be able to identify characteristics of a healthy low blame environment
Leave with multiple techniques & tools to address blame in the work environment that
Improve Listening
Increases Safety
Accelerate Learning
#9: WHO DID IT MINDSET
Fear responsibility
Not actively listening
Guarded and hurt quickly
Fear of doing something to fix it despite belief you have a solution
#10: HOW TO MINDSET
Problems not about people but people inside of systems
Listens and is empathic
Understands People Make Mistakes
Desires Cooperation, Collaboration, and Partnership
Trusts and Accepts
Solution Focused
#11: What would you see, notice, and or feel in a low blame environment.
#13: Individuals write one thought per sticky note
#14: Best idea shared and like ideas grouped per table
#15: Each table names groups then silently votes on 2 groups what goal to focus on
#16: Tables share characteristics of a low blame healthy environment and we share anything they may have missed such as . . .
Morale High
Trust and Respect of Team Members
Empowered Team Members
Collaborative Conversations
Collaborative Solutions
Pairing Accountability
Quickly Coming to Agreements
Solution Focused
Norm is How to Fix It NOT Who Did It
#21: Are you curious now about techniques to help you increase safety, be human centered, and be system focused?
#23: Closed questions generate yes or no answers
Open questions start with why, how
Brain based questions get at what people think or do
Heart and soul based questions get at how people feel, there mindsets and values
Problem and past oriented questions focus on what has happened and outcomes
Future and solution oriented questions inquire about what could be possible in the future or what has worked