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Tribal warfare
Chris Harwood
charwood@gmail.com
its us vs.
"the business"
What job is a technology leader hired to do?
What job is a technology leader hired to do?
What job is a technology leader hired to do?
Faster,
Better,
Stupid.
How did we get here?
Mastery,
Autonomy,
Purpose.
Your leadership has influence over these domains.
What motivates us?
Disconnection: 9 causes of depression and anxiety
Disconnection from:
1: meaningful work
2: other people
3: meaningful values
4: childhood trauma
5: status and respect
6: the natural world
7: a hopeful or secure future
& 8, 9: the real role of genes and brain changes
Disconnection: 9 causes of depression and anxiety
Disconnection from:
1: meaningful work
2: other people
3: meaningful values
4: childhood trauma
5: status and respect
6: the natural world
7: a hopeful or secure future
& 8, 9: the real role of genes and brain changes
Your leadership has influence over these domains.
Our mental health and our success at work:
both depend on these needs being met.
“If we are not in a mentally healthy work environment, we’ll engage in mental
health self-defense to create our own.”
The Chris Hypothesis
Mental health self-defense can lead to teams with:
- self-defined purpose,
- self-defined meaning,
- Self-defined value.
… and likely the wrong outcomes for “The Business”
Where does it
go wrong?
Words.
414,825 of them.
What is a “company”?
Meaning "companionship, consort of persons one with another, intimate
association" is from late 13c.
What is a “business”?
Sense of "a person's work, occupation, that which one does for a livelihood" is first
recorded late 14c.
Sense of "trade, commercial engagements, mercantile pursuits collectively" is first
attested 1727.
https://www.etymonline.com
Co-Defined. Co-Branded. Grouped by a shared identity and purpose.
A social collective. A group of people.
A Tribe.
What happens when the first tribe divides?
Where do they get their identity, purpose and value from?
What if happens if they engage in mental health self-defense?
They’ll strive to create a mentally healthy:
- self-defined purpose,
- self-defined meaning,
- Self-defined value.
… and potentially the wrong outcomes for “The Business”
Leadership: an obligation for connecting teams to shared values, common purpose;
a worthwhile future.
Chris Harwood
charwood@gmail.com

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Tribal warfare: its us vs the business

  • 2.
  • 3. What job is a technology leader hired to do?
  • 4. What job is a technology leader hired to do?
  • 5. What job is a technology leader hired to do?
  • 6.
  • 7.
  • 9. How did we get here?
  • 10.
  • 11.
  • 12. Mastery, Autonomy, Purpose. Your leadership has influence over these domains. What motivates us?
  • 13. Disconnection: 9 causes of depression and anxiety Disconnection from: 1: meaningful work 2: other people 3: meaningful values 4: childhood trauma 5: status and respect 6: the natural world 7: a hopeful or secure future & 8, 9: the real role of genes and brain changes
  • 14. Disconnection: 9 causes of depression and anxiety Disconnection from: 1: meaningful work 2: other people 3: meaningful values 4: childhood trauma 5: status and respect 6: the natural world 7: a hopeful or secure future & 8, 9: the real role of genes and brain changes Your leadership has influence over these domains.
  • 15. Our mental health and our success at work: both depend on these needs being met.
  • 16. “If we are not in a mentally healthy work environment, we’ll engage in mental health self-defense to create our own.” The Chris Hypothesis Mental health self-defense can lead to teams with: - self-defined purpose, - self-defined meaning, - Self-defined value. … and likely the wrong outcomes for “The Business”
  • 19. What is a “company”? Meaning "companionship, consort of persons one with another, intimate association" is from late 13c. What is a “business”? Sense of "a person's work, occupation, that which one does for a livelihood" is first recorded late 14c. Sense of "trade, commercial engagements, mercantile pursuits collectively" is first attested 1727. https://www.etymonline.com
  • 20. Co-Defined. Co-Branded. Grouped by a shared identity and purpose. A social collective. A group of people. A Tribe.
  • 21. What happens when the first tribe divides?
  • 22. Where do they get their identity, purpose and value from? What if happens if they engage in mental health self-defense?
  • 23. They’ll strive to create a mentally healthy: - self-defined purpose, - self-defined meaning, - Self-defined value. … and potentially the wrong outcomes for “The Business”
  • 24. Leadership: an obligation for connecting teams to shared values, common purpose; a worthwhile future.
  • 25.

Editor's Notes

  1. Oxford English Dictionary debuted in 1928
  2. So what does that look like? a team with a customer teams with multiple customers complex interdependency