Fish Philosophy Workplace
1. Enter the danger.
Be willing to take risks. Respond to situations directly, as opposed to avoiding them. Be bold when you least want to be bold. In layoffs, for example, state what you need to say directly and with compassion. If it's inevitable, don't put it off. Entering the danger can be as simple as taking the next logical step in the direction your company needs to go. Along with saying, "Yes, and...," principle number four, it's an invaluable tool for moving into the future.
2. Be interested, not interesting.
Listening to others is a great tool for leading on your feet. When you stop trying so hard, you're more open and available to quick thinking and innovative ideas. Being "over there" with the other person, helps free you from self-consciousness. Empty your mind when listening. Place your attention on what the other person is saying, instead of filling up your thoughts with how you intend to respond. Be interested, and people will open up to you.
3. Celebrate failure--mistakes are gifts.
Abraham Maslow, the father of Humanistic Psychology, said that if you don't fail at least 5 times a day, you aren't trying hard enough. Defeat is not falling down. Defeat is falling down and not getting up again. When you fail, don't try to hide it. Celebrate it. Look for the learning in each mistake. Discover the innovation in a mistake, like when 3M made the Post-it due to a mistake in their experiments on adhesives.
4. Say, "Yes, and...."
Use this tool for brainstorming and building ideas. You limit your ability to build innovation in your team if you don't invite suggestions. Elaborate on those ideas with the words, "yes, and...."Saying "yes" represents the acceptance of an idea; adding "and" takes the idea into the future, making it more robust and encompassing everyone's contributions. Collect people's ideas electronically during a brainstorming session and project them for all to see. Don't delete too early - say "yes, and..." before narrowing down options.
5. Get and give feedback.
Don't save the hard stuff for employee reviews. To build trust, keep communication and feedback as current as you can. This is important, and can easily become urgent if not addressed up front. Giving ongoing feedback is worth the time and effort it takes. Think of it as slowing down to speed up. It's also important to seek feedback from your employees. Find out what the unintended consequences of your attitudes, behaviors and decisions are on your team. This feedback will help you grow and identify blind spots.
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FISH Philosophy Video and Vegetarian Rights in the Workplace?
Workplaces are supposed to respect religious beliefs of their workers, but what about other types of moral and ethical beliefs? If I am being forced to watch videos with 20 minutes of fish carcasses for my job, that offend my beliefs, do I have the right to be exempt? I work as a teacher in a school, not in a restaurant or anything. I brought it up with supervisors but wasn't taken seriously.
While I don't think it's fair that you are not listened to when you bring this up, I feel that if everyone had 'rights' when it came to their moral and ethical views that would start to be abused, people would use it as an excuse and invent new morals that suit them. However, vegetarianism is a wide-spread and socially acceptable dietary choice now and perhaps individual cases should be considered and listened to.
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