Create the space for dialogue
Next time you’re afraid to share ideas, remember someone once said in a meeting let’s make a film with a tornado full of sharks.
I had to laugh about this advice, which received an automatic promotion into my future talks and presentations on creativity and innovation!
This is the final article of the August throughline: The First Principles of Feedback: Harness the Fundamentals of Effective Critique. We explore the various components of the feedback dynamic and a running metaphor to stretch our thinking.
Last week we established the role of the giver of feedback and some strategies to improve that part of the dynamic. In this article, we focus on the receiver and how we can improve our skills and strategies.
In this second issue of our August throughline, we explore one side of the feedback dynamic, the giver of feedback. Let’s look closely at the feedback experience from the giver’s perspective.
Feedback is a glue that binds and potentially strengthens relationships. We might also say feedback is an idea propellant that drives us to succeed. In this opening issue of the month, we explore the essential components of critique.
