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Beacon NY | 2019–09–12 | The slow tempo of summer is long gone.
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Using Neuroscience to Make Feedback Work and Feel Better | David Rock, Beth Jones, and Chris Weller dissect the premises of feedback, and lay out a path to applying it:
Simple as it may seem, feedback — that ubiquitous necessity of organizational life — has proven to be an axis on which organizational culture turns. Research is suggesting that by switching from giving feedback to asking for it, organizations can tilt their culture toward continuous improvement; smarter decision making; and stronger, more resilient teams that can adapt as needed.
Why Feedback Matters
Feedback isn’t just a ritual of the modern workplace. It’s the means by which organisms, across a variety of life-forms and time periods, have adapted to survive. To…
