![[Screenshot 2021-02-02 at 11.39.38.png]] ![[Neurodiversity]] ![[Adult ADHD]] #psychology ![[Safe Space]] ![[Companies that compensate workers well and treat them fairly can attract better, more motivated staff.]] ![[Highlights for Bartleby - Why fair play pays]] ![[The Construction of the Empire State Building]] ### What sparks my interest? - Neurodiversity is something I would like to talk more about - I truly think that safe space is the foundation - In teams, ideally, we're all slightly different - Even without a neurodiversity, it's already an intense space - WITH neurodiversity, it can be either... - harder - or better, depending on shared expectations and rules and boundaries and safety - See the workshop with the GEF team. - The break-out room introduction - Where I explicity stated and called for a safe space - It clearly allowed the group to come up with better interactions - Communication was better, more honest - Example: 7 people in the group - Caroline, the top-top stakeholder, so she's the BOSS of their BOSS - Amanada, just joined the team - And I'm asking them to share what questions they have for research - I'm basically asking them to say "Here's what I don't know." - That's an incredibly vulnerable place with your team - Without a safe space, it's stressful place if your boss is in the same room - Without a safe space, it's EVEN more stressful if your BOSSES-BOSS is there, too - But by 'invoking' the safe space, and with the amazing leadership skills from Caroline, the discussion was very open and honest and PRODUCTIVE - See the Economist article - My story of safe space and supporting your team-mates is yet another example - Take the Empire State building... - The Empire State Building was constructed in just 13 months, and that included the dismantling of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel that sat on the site. - Workers were paid and treated well - Success of the Empire state buildling still stands today - I love New York and have marveled at the Empire State Building hundreds of times - **I wish that we created safe-spaces for everyone, not just neuro-diverse/neuro-divergent people, more often because if we treat each other well, wonderous things emerge.** - **I wish that more marvelous things like the Empire State were built because they give us hope and inspire to dream further and bigger.** - **A way of working that lets us succeed not _against the odds_ but _for each other_** ## Related - ![[Safe Space.png]] - ![[Mr Bubbles.png]] - Vulnerability and art -> [I am Mr Bubbles](https://publish.obsidian.md/alexisrondeau/I+Am+Mr+Bubbles) - [Architects dressed as their buildings](https://www.openculture.com/2014/03/architects-dress-as-famous-buildings-they-designed-in-vintage-1931-photo.html) ## Sources - [[Cool Journeys]]