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You’re not going to believe what I forgot to do yesterday.

It wasn’t posting here on LinkedIn. 😉

We had our monthly town hall and birthday celebration at our Dallas Improving office.

I completely forgot to take pictures of everyone coming together to connect and celebrate! 🎂

You might say that I was caught up “in-the-moment”. I would say that I was quite present yesterday.

I learned about “first concert” experiences from my colleagues. This is the list of performances they attended:

Jordan Sparks, Sting, Bryan Adams, The Beatles, and Rick Springfield

Pretty impressive line-up.

I also learned a bit about “nerd-core gangsta rap”. Who knew that was a thing? 😉

Anyhow, what do you have planned for the weekend or what stood out at work for you this week?

Last week, my Friday evening was enjoyable thanks to Randall Dunigan. He organizes our monthly game nights.

Why is this important?

It helps us connect over enjoyable activities that are NOT work related. These activities build empathy in our relationships to each other.

Investing time in your colleagues can help improve teamwork.

Solving complex problems in product development can lead to unhappiness if the teams become too focused on their work.

Being able to relate on a human level and accept each team member as they are is a secret ingredient to creating high performing teams.

Company cultures that support hobbies and enjoyable activities outside the “normal 40” appear to perform better, based on my experience.

How do you build that type of culture? Through adopting tenants like those described by Conscious Capitalism.

Yesterday was the first Monday of the month.

As well, it was an opportunity to host the Entrepreneurs and Innovators Council at our Dallas Improving office.

Jeannie Lewis invited Mark Crumblish, MS, MBA to speak about the difference between entrepreneurs and executives.

Much of what he shared were parallels I had seen in both the military and as a consultant coaching product development teams.

Confirmation bias is a thing. It should be avoided; however, there are times when it just shows up.

Continuously learning how to think critically about information and filter down to what matters versus what is preferred can help overcome confirmation bias.

Businesses that are making progress toward being more responsive to their clients and customers face resistance to change.

Mark’s presentation reminded me of the contrasts that come with changing organizational culture.

The four tenants of Conscious Capitalism as key components that can enable and support business culture shifts.