Groundhog Day, the 1993 movie starring Bill Murray. That’s what we’re talking about today. Well not really – though there is a pretty clear link between today’s discussion with Tim Allred on the habit of reflection, and that feeling of ‘groundhog day’. It will all make sense at the end, I promise!
Listen in as we cover:
1:08 Cocktails and reflection
2:02 Quick recap on Tim’s last interview
5:36 The words at the end of each podcast are deliberate
7:43 Poking YSPspeak attendees to start reflecting
10:15 Succeeding in a VUCA environment
11:21 Tim’s recent learning reflections on fixed vs growth mindset
15:51 Safety people traditionally lean towards fixed mindset
20:14 Growth mindset: More effort, more reward
24:02 Reflection isn’t just for you, build it into the safety system
26:29 Reflection should be proportionate to the context
29:51 The roots of performance reviews (and why they mostly don’t work)
32:06 Tim’s 3 key points
Tim mentioned two books which are worth checking out:
– The light and fast organisation, Patrick Hollingworth
– Mindset: The new psychology of success, Carol Dweck
We also mentioned the Reflective Journalling Template. It’s a good place to start. Get your copy here.
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Hi Andrew, I really enjoy the podcast and discussion on new and a diverse range of subjects with interesting people. With this particular podcast I just wanted to add to the conversation if you don’t mind around ‘no surprises’. I agree in a performance context that there should be no surprises or bombshells dropped that you didn’t clearly already know. I say clearly because some times the topic and intention can be vague in the hope you get it, I think being curious and exploring the discussion further can curb this to a degree however the context, the issues and more importantly the way forward should be clear, often they are not.
I’m apologies about this point but I have to disagree regarding no surprises in the world of safety, dealing with humans will always bring surprises good and bad. I think you can plan as much as possible and communicate as best you can but I think there will always be surprises at one point or another. The way you view surprises could change the meaning of them, a better understanding of human judgement and an acceptance of fallibility would help to I guess.
thank you for the podcast,
cheers.
Hi Dean, I 100% agree about the no surprises idea being confined to a feedback/performance review situation. If that wasn’t entirely clear in the discussion, that wasn’t the intention, so thanks for raising it. This year I hope to explore more of what you touched on, the idea that there are plenty of surprises in life, business and health & safety, and that fallibility is a part of that – in light of things like zero harm. I’m keen to dig into how we as leaders might look at the world differently (our mindset and perspective) to help us better adapt to surprises and fallibility. Thanks again for your comment!