Creating a space where people can feel safe working together, developing products, and growing and learning as a team is important. But sometimes, in an effort to be polite, we end up being less open and honest than we probably intend to be. So the question becomes, how can you create an environment that is safe, collaborative, creative, open, respectful, and inclusive where people are still enabled to be direct and offer critical feedback when necessary?

In this episode of SoundNotes, LeadingAgile's Rich Dammkoehler and Joel Norman join Dave to discuss what to do when being nice isn’t enough. They talk about how this can happen, the impact it can have, how they address it, and what you can do to start creating an environment where being supportive, creating safety, and collaborating also means being honest and direct with your feedback.

Rich and Joel on Twitch

https://www.twitch.tv/leadingagile

Contacting Rich

Web: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/rich-dammkoehler/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richdammkoehler/

Twitter: net_zer0

Email: [email protected]

Contacting Joel

Web: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/joel-norman/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-norman-469a42163/

Email: [email protected]

Contacting Dave Prior

If you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at:

LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsungo

Email: [email protected]

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