Is Your Energy, Attitude and Mindset AntiFragile? with Dr. Paige Williams

07/31/20 • 33 min

Today we're talking to Dr. Paige Williams, co-founder of the Leaders Lab, an honorary fellow, and researcher at the Center for Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne. Paige works to create practical evidence-based pathways that use the latest research in neuroscience, positive psychology, leadership, and systems thinking to help leaders leverage their energy, attitudes, and mindsets to benefit from the dynamic, complex, and uncertain environment in which most organizations now operate.

She is determined to help leaders move beyond just the need for resilience so that they can become anti-fragile. This is the focus of her new book, Becoming Anti-fragile, Learning to Thrive Through Disruption, Challenge, and Change, which we're going to explore together today.

In this week’s episode, we explore how we can leverage the physical, emotional, and mental energy, attitude and mindsets of anti-fragility to create positive change.

Connect with Dr. Paige Williams:

https://drpaigewilliams.com/

You’ll Learn:

[02:30] - Paige explains what antifragility is and why it is important.
[04:27] - Paige shares some real-life examples of antifragility in action.
[07:14] - Paige explains the robust principles that we can use as touchstones to becoming antifragility.
[09:45] - Paige explains why energy, attitude, and mindsets are the building blocks to being antifragile.
[13:17] - Paige explains the nuances of energy – the physical, mental and emotional components.
[15:10] - Paige describes antifragile attitudes.
[17:43] - Paige describes the antifragile mindset.
[21:17] - Paige explains how to scale up antifragile principles and building blocks for teams and organizational systems.
[26:00] - Paige enters the lightning round.

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In this week’s episode, we explore how we can leverage the physical, emotional, and mental energy, attitude and mindsets of anti-fragility to create positive change.

Connect with Dr. Paige Williams:

https://drpaigewilliams.com/

You’ll Learn:

[02:30] - Paige explains what antifragility is and why it is important.
[04:27] - Paige shares some real-life examples of antifragility in action.
[07:14] - Paige explains the robust principles that we can use as touchstones to becoming antifragility.
[09:45] - Paige explains why energy, attitude, and mindsets are the building blocks to being antifragile.
[13:17] - Paige explains the nuances of energy – the physical, mental and emotional components.
[15:10] - Paige describes antifragile attitudes.
[17:43] - Paige describes the antifragile mindset.
[21:17] - Paige explains how to scale up antifragile principles and building blocks for teams and organizational systems.
[26:00] - Paige enters the lightning round.

Your Resources:

Thanks for listening!

Thanks so much for joining me again this week. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post.

You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.

Until next time, take care! Thank you, Paige!

Previous Episode

Are You Reaching For Gratitude At Work? with Robert Emmons

Today we’re talking to Robert Emmons, who’s a professor of psychology at the University of California. Bob’s research focuses on the Psychology of Gratitude and joy as they relate to human flourishing and wellbeing. Bob has authored over 200 original publications in peer-reviewed journals or chapters written or edited eight books, including The Psychology of Gratitude. He is a frequent speaker at professional conferences and public events and has his groundbreaking work on gratitude featured in dozens of popular media outlets all over the world. Bob is also the founding editor and editor in chief of The Journal of Positive Psychology.

In this week’s episode, we explore how the practice of gratitude can help us care for wellbeing in workplaces and the practical things leaders and teams can do to practice affirmation and recognition of each other.

Connect with Robert Emmons:

https://emmons.faculty.ucdavis.edu/

You’ll Learn:

[02:30] - Bob defines gratitude for us.
[04:27] - Bob shares some of the common misunderstandings people have about gratitude when it comes to improving wellbeing.
[07:14] - Bob explains the bottom-line benefits for prioritizing gratitude in workplaces.
[09:45] - Bob shares what recent studies have found in terms of how gratitude works neurologically.
[13:17] - Bob explains how the practice of gratitude can help leaders and teams feel psychologically safe.
[15:10] - Bob offers some tips for how the best ways to express gratitude in workplaces.
[17:43] - Bob offers some advice to ensure our expressions of gratitude are authentic.
[21:17] - Bob shares what the research is finding in terms of the most effective forms of expressing gratitude.
[26:00] - Bob enters the lightning round.

Your Resources:

Thanks for listening!

Thanks so much for joining me again this week. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post.

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Until next time, take care! Thank you, Bob!

Next Episode

Can You Collaborate More Effectively? with Jody Hoffer Gittell

Jody Hoffer Gittell is a professor at Brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management. Jody's research explores how people contribute to high-performance outcomes through their coordination with each other, and she's the Executive Director of the Relational Coordination Research Collaborative and Principal Investigator of the Relational Society Project. Jody, in these roles, brings together scholars and practitioners to build relational coordination for positive impact all over the world.

In this week’s episode, we explore how we can collaborate more effectively and joyfully as we work together, even in the midst of uncertainty and disruption.

Connect with Jody Hoffer Gittell:

https://www.jodyhoffergittell.info/

You’ll Learn:

[02:56] - Jody explains the process of relational coordination and how it can help us bring out the best in each other in workplaces.
[05:08] - Jody shares the research findings from more than 70 empirical papers on the potential benefits of relational coordination in workplaces.
[10:23] - Jody offers some tips for leaders to support better relational coordination in their teams.
[14:28] - Jody explains how workplaces can support leaders in moments of crisis to reach for relational – rather than technical – responses.
[17:03] - Jody shares her thoughts on how leaders can balance the need for control and autonomy in our relationships during periods of crisis.
[19:41] - Jody explains how relational co-ordination approaches can help us navigate change more confidently and effectively.
[21:55] - Jody offers tips for creating shared goals in teams and workplaces.
[23:48] - Jody shares how teams can create shared accountability around their goals.
[26:17] - Jody enters the lightning round.

Your Resources:

Thanks for listening!

Thanks so much for joining me again this week. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post.

You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing.

Until next time, take care! Thank you, Jody!