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DIY HumanDebt™ Audit

DIY HumanDebt™ Audit

Yesterday we started speaking to you about the hidden cost of inaction when it comes to HumanDebt and Psychological Safety. As you know, these articles and videos on Tuesdays are designed to be the actionable, practical advice companion to any of the big themes we tend to bring up in the Mondays...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 29 Mar 2022
HumanDebt™ Has High Interest Rates - The Cost of the Lack of Psychological Safety

HumanDebt™ Has High Interest Rates - The Cost of the Lack of Psychological Safety

Many people believe that one of the reasons why Psychological Safety isn’t being made a priority in the business world above the generalised lip-service level, is that employee wellbeing still feels like an afterthought and a nice-to-have and not a must-have. Granted, if we compare it to...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 28 Mar 2022
Whose Job Is the People Job?

Whose Job Is the People Job?

(Warning - super long. Please don't start reading it if you have no time and then get annoyed I am too verbose and therefore hit Unsubscribe :) We only ever talk about one thing: psychological safety as an enabler for high performance in teams.

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 23 Mar 2022
Creating a Real Leadership Team

Creating a Real Leadership Team

Yesterday we spoke about fear at the top of organisations and leadership teams that are more of a workgroup than a team. If there are no teams, there can be no psychological safety and in the absence of psychological safety, there can be no performance. In this video, we go one step further and...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 22 Mar 2022
Fear At the Top

Fear At the Top

The fact of the matter is that we have burned out, mental health challenged, actively disengaged and unhappy employees. It is so pervasive and monumental in particular now, in the wake of the pandemic and the midst of heat another war that it’s a miracle any enterprise gets enough productivity...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 21 Mar 2022
In Praise of Tech Teams

In Praise of Tech Teams

A crisis of EQ is what we spoke about this week in the other newsletter and we covered both what it looks like and the fact that there are very simple but effective things that can be done. For tech teams, this appears an even more urgent and less of a “done” ticket for many reasons.

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 16 Mar 2022
Tackling the Crisis of EQ

Tackling the Crisis of EQ

Yesterday we put it to you that we are in a crisis of EQ. We are collectively ill-prepared to interact in a mindful and empathic way and we have insufficient knowledge and practice to analyse our own emotions and the emotions of others. Unfortunately, there is a need to do this analysis which is...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 15 Mar 2022
A Crisis of EQ

A Crisis of EQ

This is what we have. A crisis of EQ. At every level, from all points of view. All of us. And we must tackle it. EQ/EI, anything you want to call perceiving, understanding and naming our own emotions and those of others around us is lacking across the board.

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 14 Mar 2022
HumanDebt™ in Tech Teams

HumanDebt™ in Tech Teams

Earlier this week we published the “Let’s Get Real About Fear” play as promised last week and we hope it helps some of you reading this. We’ve already had teams reach out and give us some amazing feedback on how they used it and how needed it was, but, as ever, we’re more than happy to hear...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 09 Mar 2022
Hold the Space For Your Team to Feel and Share

Hold the Space For Your Team to Feel and Share

After publishing the “Let’s Get Real About Fear” play yesterday we had so much amazing feedback. There are so many different situations out there… so many teams that are silently wrestling with this. The fact that you don’t hear about the internal turmoil as a team leader should worry you. Your...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 08 Mar 2022
The New “Let’s Get Real About Fear” Team Action

The New “Let’s Get Real About Fear” Team Action

As promised last week, as our form of aid for the war in the Ukraine, we created a new play called “Let’s Get Real About Fear” and we are publishing it here today for anyone to use with their teams and it is of course live in the PeopleNotTech Dashboard under the Openness tab in the...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 07 Mar 2022
To Help - Hold Space to Talk About Fears And Feelings

To Help - Hold Space to Talk About Fears And Feelings

Have you seen that meme about being really tired of living through major historical events? Give it a Google if not, it is heartbreakingly spot on for all of us. If anyone sat us down in 2010 or even 2019 and said “Brace yourself - a global pandemic that will bring about millions of deaths and...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 02 Mar 2022
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Duena Blomstrom — Essays on AI, Humanity, Tech and Human Debt
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About Duena Blomstrom and her independent writing on AI, humanity, Human Debt, power, and the human cost of technological progress.