Balloon is the insight mobility company. Our mission is to unlock and move human intelligence so organizations and society can make better decisions.
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Joined July 2012
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A healthy meeting culture is crucial for bolstering opportunities to learn, grow, & innovate. But how do you help improve meetings when you're not in charge—and perhaps w/ little room to voice concerns?
@TijsBesieux & I explore in a new @HarvardBiz piece: hbr.org/2024/03/how-to-impro…
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Diversity of thought promotes critical thinking.
Study of 232k Wikipedia pages: politically polarized teams generate higher-quality content—on science & social issues, not just politics.
Like minds create echo chambers. Diverse groups have more extensive & constructive debates.
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Great leaders should never speak first in a meeting.
Why?
Because people change their opinions based on what people of power and influence say.
If you are a leader and you want real, authentic opinions from others…ensure they speak first before you chime in.
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How to keep an open mind:
1. Think like a scientist: treat your opinions as hypotheses and decisions as experiments
2. Embrace confident humility: argue like you’re right, listen like you’re wrong
3. Build a challenge network: seek out people who sharpen your reasoning
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Why brainstorming doesn't work time.com/6327515/brainstormi…
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Don't confuse psychological safety with "safe spaces."
Safe spaces treat people as fragile and dissenting ideas as threats. Psychologically safe environments build the capacity to embrace and learn from respectful disagreement.
Exposure to diverging views is fuel for growth.
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Insecure leaders strive to be the most powerful person in the room. They make others feel weak so they alone can stay strong.
Secure leaders aim to amplify the power of the room. They use their strength to make others stronger.
The best and highest use of power is to share it.
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After 20 years of writing books, I'm compiling Kindle readers' most highlighted passages.
Here's one from "A Whole New Mind : Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future":
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A look at the workplace collaboration software designed to eliminate groupthink, and why it's gaining traction in MLB front offices @balloonplatform sportsbusinessjournal.com/Jo… via @sbj
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Thank you for capturing what we're building and our story so well, @LemireJoe! 🎈🙏
A look at the workplace collaboration software designed to eliminate groupthink, and why it's gaining traction in MLB front offices @balloonplatform sportsbusinessjournal.com/Jo… via @sbj
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Also giving some shoutouts to @WeeCareCo @teamgated @murmur @BalloonPlatform @squarepeghires @Groundfloorclub @withworkmade and others...
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Sharing my thoughts on 2023 future of work trends 🌎 💻
link.medium.com/ZvhytjpPDwb
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Lead your team through this exercise during my Flight Cohort on @BalloonPlatform. You'll identify mission-critical parts to tackle first, create experiments to decide what’s worth pursuing, identify tasks to put on the backburner & build a project plan around these pieces.
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So grateful to @astroteller and @theteamatx for all their help with #QUIT. 1/
QUIT: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away a.co/d/acms0Q7
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In #QUIT, I outline the various cognitive and motivational forces that work against good quitting behavior. There’s sunk cost bias, desire for certainty, escalation of commitment, status quo bias, and endowment bias (to name a few).
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“Success does not lie in sticking to things. It lies in picking the right thing to stick to and quitting the rest.”
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It is unbelievable what is left off the table because of how we structure discussions in the workplace.
Loaded with anchoring bias.
Void of psychological safety.
No space to share.
Not aligned with what we know to be true about humans and groups.
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ALT An illustration titled, "Conversation patterns" that shows a legend with a range of colors depicting six different people. An effective team is depicted as a bar in which every single color exists, or every person gets a chance to speak. An ineffective team is depicted as a bar that is primarily one color, or one person is dominating the conversation.
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@TextsHQ—messaging
@balloonplatform—meetings
@usebracket—backend/ops sync
@height_app—team project mgmt
@journeyio—data rooms/decks
@superhuman—email
@cleanshot—screenshots
@calcom—scheduling
@workonahq—tab mgmt
@elgato stream deck—don’t ask—buy it!
@sunsamahq—planning/task mgmt
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.@AKGreenberg joined @justingordon212 for episode 48 of TVP!
Topics:
-How @BalloonPlatform is reimagining collaboration to increase team innovation
-Being Vitalize Angels' first portfolio company
-Building credibility through partnerships to fuel growth
thevitalizepodcast.com/amand…
