WOL Healthcare: The first pilot
Will this new format work? I’m not sure.
But I am confident we will discover how to improve the WOL Circle method to reach more people in a wider range of jobs.
And I am determined to apply our learning to help those in healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and other environments so they too can make more of all they have to offer.
The Lindau Illusion
Same town, two fundamentally different experiences. Just based on what I happened to see or not see. I stop and think: If I can be so wrong about an entire town, what about people?
Everybody Matters
When it comes to how their employees relate to each other and to the work they do, Everybody Matters serves as an inspiring example of the way things could be.
What could WOL for Healthcare look like?
Bettina liked her WOL Circle and now she wants to spread WOL in healthcare. But she feels the method needs to be adapted to make it suitable for people working in busy environments like hospitals and clinics.
So… What could WOL for Healthcare look like?
Whatever you’re looking for, you’ll probably find it
We have a tendency to label people and file them into categories and boxes. It makes life simpler in some ways, but also poorer.
What if, instead, we were open to the possibility that each person has something precious inside them?
The life and death of Quality Circles
In the US, at least, “quality circles are almost universally consigned to the dustbin of management techniques.”
Why? What can we do to make a good idea even better?
WOL for Education: An Update
More than a dozen universities have used the original Working Out Loud method. Based on these experiences, we now have a much clearer sense of what students need and how a new WOL method can help.
WOL at the University of Melbourne
“And our own stories? Working Out Loud has changed us, too. ML and Margaret are planning to convene WOL groups across multiple universities over the next 12 months; and Mark is in the midst of his own career change. We’ve learnt new skills and have started sharing our work in different ways. We're moving on, working out loud as we go.”
“How did the TEDx talk go?”
“How did the talk go?” I was terrified and worse. Here’s the process I went through and what I learned in case it might help you prepare for something similar.
The HR Director I wish I knew
How a single click can lead to something surprising and wonderful.
The Empathy Test
Every interaction is a chance to take the Empathy Test, to pause and ask yourself: “How might this look from their perspective?”
“You can be a delicious, ripe peach and there will still be people in the world that hate peaches.”
What if some people don’t want your contributions? What if they ignore you or don’t like what you have to offer?
Here are three things you should do.
When you smile at the universe, the universe smiles back
I used to think of the universe as a rational, uncaring machine. If this, then that. And given that our world, never mind our universe, is so large, I couldn’t see how we could make much of a practical difference.
But as I grow older, I’m not so sure. And that’s changed how I act throughout the day.
Touching the treadmill
Want to develop a new skill or habit? Touch the treadmill. Change your life.
The most successful person in Babylon
“Pay yourself first.” Because investing in yourself is one of the best investments you can make—for you and those around you.
Working Out Loud and the Rise of the Introverts
Working Out Loud is good for introverts, too—maybe especially so.
Here’s why.
When were the best years in your life?
I used to think that you start with an almost infinite set of things you can do or be. Then, over time, your options—particularly the special ones—become fewer and fewer.
Now I know it doesn’t have to be that way..