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Improve Performance, Provoke Thought, Think Critically.

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Let's Fix Work with Laurie Ruettimann - 156

Aug 21, 2019

Let's Fix Work with Laurie Ruettimann

Wow, I'm sorry.  I'm sorry that it took so long to publish this episode. This discussion with Laurie, is one of my favorite discussions I've had on the podcast.  She demonstrates her passion behind fixing work, thinking, and change.

Laurie is an author, speaker, podcaster, and overall badass.  She helps companies, leaders, and HR departments fix work by creating policies, process, and programs that improve the employee experience.  This week we discuss everything from suicide bombers, to weight loss, to premortems, to failure. 

Thank you Laurie for the awesome discussion, and thank you to Jennifer McClure for the introduction.

Questions Discussed

  • Why don't we blow HR up?
  • Why do you we struggle with thinking critically?
  • What are some things we can do to help with root cause analysis?
  • What's the difference between compassion and empathy?
  • Why is the HR function incomplete?
  • How can we identify our fundamental flaws at an organization level?
  • How did Laurie make the transition from being uncomfortable with sales to selling?
  • What comes to mind when Laurie thinks about goal setting?
  • How do you reconcile with mistakes?
  • Did Laurie apply a premortem when she started her tech startup?
  • What's a premortem?
  • How can a premortem apply in sales?
  • What are some lessons Laurie learned from building her podcast?

Key Takeaways

  • Some times systems are broken beyond repair
  • Recognize the humanity - then you can have a core conversation.
  • Understand what makes people human
  • Go to compassion
  • Moments of tension can create a feeling of being trapped. Double down on these moments.
  • HR can be a bridge
    • You can't do it on your own.
    • Leverage relationships.
  • HR as a consultative body - specialist
  • The way of work is changing.
  • You have to listen.
  • You need to shut up.
  • Corporations do not have imposter syndrome - Companies put themselves first.
  • Consumption does not fix problems
  • Know who you are, set reasonable goals.
  • Do the hard and honest work of feeling the thing that is holding you back.
  • The thing that makes us human is our capacity to try.
  • We fail. We learn. We grow.
  • Behavior changes can disrupt habits.

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