Organizational psychologist at Wharton, #1 NYT bestselling author of HIDDEN POTENTIAL and THINK AGAIN, and host of the TED podcasts WorkLife and Re:Thinking
The purpose of debriefing bad decisions is not to blame and shame. It's to grow and change.
Failure is an invitation to reflection. The most important question is not who's at fault—it's how to improve.
Yesterday's mistakes are lessons to learn today and apply tomorrow.
Illustrated by Janis Ozolins
Post-Mortem Analysis is necessary for both failures, successes, and the more common "in between" scenarios. All are "teaching moments", key is to ensure that your failures are not fatal ones (hard to learn from 'dead' state, unless the game has auto-rez feature or your quest party includes a cleric/healer of suitable caliber to revive the recently deceased.)
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Inigo Montoya : He's dead. He can't talk.
Miracle Max : Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do.
Inigo Montoya : What's that?
Miracle Max : Go through his clothes and look for loose change.
]] (The Princess Bride (1987))
Organizational psychologist at Wharton, #1 NYT bestselling author of HIDDEN POTENTIAL and THINK AGAIN, and host of the TED podcasts WorkLife and Re:Thinking
The purpose of debriefing bad decisions is not to blame and shame. It's to grow and change.
Failure is an invitation to reflection. The most important question is not who's at fault—it's how to improve.
Yesterday's mistakes are lessons to learn today and apply tomorrow.
Illustrated by Janis Ozolins
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Organizational psychologist at Wharton, #1 NYT bestselling author of HIDDEN POTENTIAL and THINK AGAIN, and host of the TED podcasts WorkLife and Re:Thinking
The purpose of debriefing bad decisions is not to blame and shame. It's to grow and change.
Failure is an invitation to reflection. The most important question is not who's at fault—it's how to improve.
Yesterday's mistakes are lessons to learn today and apply tomorrow.
Illustrated by Janis Ozolins
On my walk this morning, I listened to The Mindset Mentor podcast by Rob Dial, and it hit on the exact same thing.
When we are having these moments, what is the plan? How do you reset so that we can regulate our nervous system?
Trust me, this is the pot calling the kettle black, but without being intentional on the front end, it's unlikely that at the moment, with an unregulated nervous system, we're going to be able to appreciate the mistakes as opportunities rather than shame.
#leadership#wellness#mindfulness#mentalhealth
Organizational psychologist at Wharton, #1 NYT bestselling author of HIDDEN POTENTIAL and THINK AGAIN, and host of the TED podcasts WorkLife and Re:Thinking
The purpose of debriefing bad decisions is not to blame and shame. It's to grow and change.
Failure is an invitation to reflection. The most important question is not who's at fault—it's how to improve.
Yesterday's mistakes are lessons to learn today and apply tomorrow.
Illustrated by Janis Ozolins
Team debriefs are a powerful practice too often under-utilized due to the 'blame game' and lack of preceived time to undertake. Individual reflection is a strong leadership practice. What's the cost of losing insights from experience?
#teams#leadership#growthcoach#reflection#learningagileworksolutions.com
Organizational psychologist at Wharton, #1 NYT bestselling author of HIDDEN POTENTIAL and THINK AGAIN, and host of the TED podcasts WorkLife and Re:Thinking
The purpose of debriefing bad decisions is not to blame and shame. It's to grow and change.
Failure is an invitation to reflection. The most important question is not who's at fault—it's how to improve.
Yesterday's mistakes are lessons to learn today and apply tomorrow.
Illustrated by Janis Ozolins
In other words, what can I do better?
This is why mid year performance assessment is crucial. However it must be done on an objective manner.
I was a manager once and I am always afraid of making a biased review so I usually reach out first to my team’s peers and subordinates to ensure my assessment is aligned with theirs too >> more productive discussions.
Organizational psychologist at Wharton, #1 NYT bestselling author of HIDDEN POTENTIAL and THINK AGAIN, and host of the TED podcasts WorkLife and Re:Thinking
The purpose of debriefing bad decisions is not to blame and shame. It's to grow and change.
Failure is an invitation to reflection. The most important question is not who's at fault—it's how to improve.
Yesterday's mistakes are lessons to learn today and apply tomorrow.
Illustrated by Janis Ozolins
Organizational psychologist at Wharton, #1 NYT bestselling author of HIDDEN POTENTIAL and THINK AGAIN, and host of the TED podcasts WorkLife and Re:Thinking
The purpose of debriefing bad decisions is not to blame and shame. It's to grow and change.
Failure is an invitation to reflection. The most important question is not who's at fault—it's how to improve.
Yesterday's mistakes are lessons to learn today and apply tomorrow.
Illustrated by Janis Ozolins
Learning is a continuous journey, embraced willingly or encountered by necessity. Accepting this reality allows us to open doors to personal and professional growth.
Each experience, challenge, and opportunity enriches our knowledge and shapes our future.
By embracing lifelong learning, we adapt, evolve, and thrive in an ever-changing world, turning every moment into a chance for improvement.
Organizational psychologist at Wharton, #1 NYT bestselling author of HIDDEN POTENTIAL and THINK AGAIN, and host of the TED podcasts WorkLife and Re:Thinking
The purpose of debriefing bad decisions is not to blame and shame. It's to grow and change.
Failure is an invitation to reflection. The most important question is not who's at fault—it's how to improve.
Yesterday's mistakes are lessons to learn today and apply tomorrow.
Illustrated by Janis Ozolins
Such a great reflection and image!
I remember when I started coaching, I was ashamed to admit that I have failed. I felt insecure and always wanted to share just my wins.. But then the best advise came from my coach - there is no failure, there are only experiences. We, humans, only learn when we try, and the easiest way to encourage ourselves to try again is to look at our experiences and analyse - did I like it, what went wrong? Did it bring me closer to what I wanted? If not, we do something different next time, and even if we liked the experience, we try to enhance it next time. Now, I admit, I have had tons of experiences, that my former self would consider failures or bad decisions, but now I know that they only made me better and created the mindset I have. I grew because I tried something new and I learned at faster speed.
When working in teams the role of manager is crucial, they either create an environment for growth or make you play small and safe, as failures are "bad".
Keep making experiences ( aka failing)!
#growthmindset#keepfailing#change
Organizational psychologist at Wharton, #1 NYT bestselling author of HIDDEN POTENTIAL and THINK AGAIN, and host of the TED podcasts WorkLife and Re:Thinking
The purpose of debriefing bad decisions is not to blame and shame. It's to grow and change.
Failure is an invitation to reflection. The most important question is not who's at fault—it's how to improve.
Yesterday's mistakes are lessons to learn today and apply tomorrow.
Illustrated by Janis Ozolins
Organizational psychologist at Wharton, #1 NYT bestselling author of HIDDEN POTENTIAL and THINK AGAIN, and host of the TED podcasts WorkLife and Re:Thinking
The purpose of debriefing bad decisions is not to blame and shame. It's to grow and change.
Failure is an invitation to reflection. The most important question is not who's at fault—it's how to improve.
Yesterday's mistakes are lessons to learn today and apply tomorrow.
Illustrated by Janis Ozolins
Organizational psychologist at Wharton, #1 NYT bestselling author of HIDDEN POTENTIAL and THINK AGAIN, and host of the TED podcasts WorkLife and Re:Thinking
The purpose of debriefing bad decisions is not to blame and shame. It's to grow and change.
Failure is an invitation to reflection. The most important question is not who's at fault—it's how to improve.
Yesterday's mistakes are lessons to learn today and apply tomorrow.
Illustrated by Janis Ozolins
Software Engineer w/ 16+ years delivering Technology Transformation, innovations, & modular code for strategic long-term projects
1moPost-Mortem Analysis is necessary for both failures, successes, and the more common "in between" scenarios. All are "teaching moments", key is to ensure that your failures are not fatal ones (hard to learn from 'dead' state, unless the game has auto-rez feature or your quest party includes a cleric/healer of suitable caliber to revive the recently deceased.) [[ Inigo Montoya : He's dead. He can't talk. Miracle Max : Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do. Inigo Montoya : What's that? Miracle Max : Go through his clothes and look for loose change. ]] (The Princess Bride (1987))