Beyond the Minimum - Exploring the world of work, and beyond

Saying that should cease - No Harm, No Foul

Saying that should cease – No harm, no foul

How we get to the end matters!  Focusing only on the goal excluding how it was obtained is problematic.

Simon Sinek’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPcgEBbNQvw

Tobias Sturreson’s LinkedIn post on Mary Gentile’s episode :  https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tobiassturesson_businessethics-corporateculture-integrity-activity-6704638605127671808-KauP?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_web

Tobias Sturreson’s acknowledgement of my excitement finding his podcast : https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tobiassturesson_were-so-grateful-for-the-many-thousands-activity-6714080899299901440-WjHJ?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_web

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn

Buy her a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanyah

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love

Expanding our Vocabulary - Work as Imagined vs Work as Done

Expanding our Vocabulary – Work as Imagined vs Work as Done

There is a difference between idealized work and work as actually done!

Dr Hollnagel’s website: https://www.erikhollnagel.com/

HOP hub website: https://www.hophub.org/

Steven Shorrock’s article on the different types of work: https://humanisticsystems.com/2016/12/05/the-varieties-of-human-work/

Cautionary Tales episode on how science works (through a case study on scurvy): https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/cautionary-tales/south-pole-race-when-the-limeys-get-scurvy

Agnes Collard’s talk on Can We Know We Are Wrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8KKdp00gPI

Rhona Flin’s webpage https://research.abdn.ac.uk/applied-psych-hf/profiles/prof-rhona-flin/

Saying that should cease - One Size Fits All

Saying that should cease – One Size Fits All

Even though pervasive, when we get to people issues, One Size Fits all might not be the most suitable approach.

Peru’s pandemic (as described on The Inquiry) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1z1r

TVO’s The Agenda’s programme on food supply chains (through the lens of the war in Ukraine) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8grYEJrg50

Clive Lloyd’s LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/clive-f-lloyd-3a3727a/

 

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn

Buy her a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanyah

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love

Expanding our Vocabulary - Hindsight Bias

Expanding our Vocabulary – Hindsight bias

Hindsight bias narrows our view of what happened in an event, and is very strong.  Listen to understand it and to get some tips on how to combat the very pervasive hindsight bias.

Choiceology – the go-to podcast for biases - https://www.schwab.com/learn/choiceology

Dr Richard Cook’s picture of hindsight bias - https://1drv.ms/b/s!AgTEuUjfYiXyyD6A0Q248hZeXKI1?e=OdE4vc

 

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn

Buy her a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanyah

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love

Saying that should cease - Silence is consent

Saying that should cease – Silence is consent

Silence is not consent – it is silence!  Making the connection between silence and agreement can be fraught with problem.

Study on Organ Donation – http://www.dangoldstein.com/papers/DefaultsScience.pdf

(more recent policy decision) https://iaesv.our.dmu.ac.uk/2020/07/14/organ-donation-the-societal-issue-solved-by-behavioural-economics/ (note that this is a great policy to increase available organs, despite the fact it does not depend on consent – cadavers no longer need functioning organs)

(more nuanced understanding of the issue of opt-in/opt-out organ donation) https://www.arnoldventures.org/stories/a-misleading-chart-on-organ-donation-rates

 

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn

Buy her a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanyah

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love

Expanding our Vocabulary - Poverty Pornography

Expanding our Vocabulary – Poverty Pornography

Charities often use exploitative images – now termed as poverty pornography – to raise awareness and money for causes.  However, the idea of a Western “knight in shining armour” devalues the poor, reduces their agency, and presents a dependency on a forgone cup of coffee.  There are ways to draw attention to issues that are not as exploitative. 

Links:

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_porn

Radi-Aid – Africans for Norway (many links to fabulous satirical videos) https://www.radiaid.com/

Charity Intelligence - https://charityintelligence.ca/index.php

 

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn

Buy her a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanyah

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love

What Good Looks Like - an interview with Richard Knowles

What Good Looks Like – Richard Knowles

Listen to Richard Knowles describe how Dupont Chemical worked when he was a plant manager – and learn about the Cycle of Intelligence!

Connect with Richard on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardnknowles/

Check out his website: https://www.rnknowlesassociates.com/

Get his books – The Leadership Dance https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Dance-Extraordinary-Organizational-Effectiveness/dp/0972120408 and Partnering for Safety and Business Excellence https://www.amazon.com/Partnering-Business-Excellence-Richard-Knowles/dp/0972120416/ref=sr_1_1

Phone him at 716-622-6467 (Eastern Time Zone)

 

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love

 

Saying that should cease - You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

Saying that should cease – You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

Our elderly have value – we need to recognize it! 

 

Dr Samir Sinha’s profile - https://www.sinaihealth.ca/team/dr-samir-sinha/

Never Too Old - https://gem.cbc.ca/media/cbc-docs-pov/s03e04

'Never too old to meet a challenge': Trio of Toronto octogenarians tackle CN Tower's EdgeWalk - https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/never-too-old-to-meet-a-challenge-trio-of-toronto-octogenarians-tackle-cn-tower-s-edgewalk-1.5647569

Ottawa woman, 95, sets Canadian record at Ottawa Race Weekend - https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-woman-95-sets-canadian-record-at-ottawa-race-weekend-1.5923142

Dr Marc Agronin’s interview on Tapestry - https://www.cbc.ca/radio/tapestry/aging-better-dadbot-1.5282568/how-to-turn-old-age-into-the-prime-of-your-life-1.5282573

 

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love

Expanding our Vocabulary - Functional Fixedness

If we see objects as having only one utility, we are falling prey to functional fixedness.

Beyond Safety Compliance webinars - https://www.linkedin.com/company/beyond-safety-compliance/

Daniel Pink’s talk - https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_the_puzzle_of_motivation

Series description Redesign My Brain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redesign_My_Brain

Clip of Redesign My Brain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBkhgke9sHc

 

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love

Expanding our Vocabulary - Group ETTO

Expanding our vocabulary – Group ETTO

One of the caveats of working in groups – group efficiency-thoroughness-trade-off.  If everyone believes their work will be thoroughly checked by someone downstream, they are likely to prioritize efficiency.  If everyone does this, however, and thoroughness is not prioritized – mistakes can slip through a group process.

Dr Hollnagel’s webpage - https://erikhollnagel.com/ideas/etto-principle/index.html

The ETTO principle - https://www.routledge.com/The-ETTO-Principle-Efficiency-Thoroughness-Trade-Off-Why-Things-That-Go/Hollnagel/p/book/9780754676782

Cautionary Tales episode on perilous flight - https://timharford.com/2022/05/cautionary-tales-when-the-autopilot-switched-off/

Mayday Aeroflot Flight 593 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHyymJu6c4U&list=PLgAfZdKiJiYG_THRebwMnePCx8rWTL1K3&index=8

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love