02 Cohort Call Digest [ 2024-SWRCB ]

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Hi Everyone,

Thanks for a great second session last Wednesday. Thank you to Tina and Anna for teaching us about team culture, psychological safety, and diving deeper into the Pathway doc! Below is a light digest of Call 2, including a reminder for your Seaside Chat and additional Co-Working time before our Call 3. Looking forward to seeing you then!

Have a good week,

Elena & the rest of the Mentor + Instruction Team

Digest: Cohort Call 2 [ 2024-SWRCB ]

Cohort OneDrive Folder - contains agendas, slides, recordings and the Pathway template
Cohort Webpage
Link to Pathway Template

Goals: We discussed team culture and psychological safety and took a deeper dive into the Pathway.

Task to complete before next time:

1. Have a Seaside Chat & continue working on your Pathway

• Focus on your trailhead - Think about where you are NOW in your workflow(s)
  • Create a copy of the Pathways Sheet (PathwayShare folder; File > Make a copy)
  • For now, we recommend focusing on the “now” column - start writing down where you are now for each row.
  • Pathways details & examples

2. Accept our invite to join a team within the Openscapes Organization:

• You should have received an invite on Friday morning (8/23) from GitHub asking you to join our cohort GitHub Repository in the Openscapes GitHub organization. Make sure you accept before the next Cohort Call!

Upcoming OPTIONAL Cohort Co-working Session: Wed., August 28th, 10:30-11:30 am.

• This is a time to come work on your own things, but also be able to talk things through and screenshare to get help from others.

Slide Decks:

• Team culture & Psychological safety
• Intro to the Pathway & Seaside Chats

A few lines from shared notes in the Agenda doc:

Team Culture

• Pac-Man rule! Stand in a way with room for others to join your group

• Psychological safety doesn’t mean there will be NO conflict or that there will be no accountability (high safety + high accountability = more creativity)
• Innovation is inherently risky, and therefore completely integrated with and reliant upon psychological safety

Examples of fostering psychological safety:

• Team Chat where anyone can ask questions +1+1+1+1+1
• Leadership admitting mistakes +1+1 +1 +1
• Creating an environment where it is actively encouraged to acknowledge limitations and celebrate failure as a learning opportunity:

Pathway discussion

• Refer back to the shared notes for some great tips & tricks for streamlining the Pathway and optimizing its utility for your team!

Some wholesome content from America’s favorite Uncle, the one and only Snoop Dogg:

• A reminder to acknowledge even the small wins and embrace your power with confidence: “I wanna thank me”
• Affirmations Song