Please tell them you love them. New research on the link between learning and innovation. Barriers to psychological safety.

One “must” for this week: please tell them you love them

An email from a total stranger made me smile last week.

This person had read a piece about how we hesitate to tell people when their work truly moves us.

Her message was her way of breaking that hesitation.

It made me think about how many of these moments I let slip by.

My brain, like most, is wired to spot the typo, the missed deadline, the frustrating detail.

I’ve found that if I look for something to complain about, the list is endless.

But that one email reminded me that if I intentionally look for things to appreciate, that list is endless, too.

This week, I thought about a colleague who recently went out of their way to help me.

I sent a specific message, not just a quick "thx," but a "Here is the difference you made, and why I appreciate it."

I have no idea if that person expected it, but I really hope it made them smile the way that first email made me.

Who is one person you could send a specific 'thank you' to before the end of the day?

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Personal development

• Please tell them you love them

• Networking

• Gen Z wants career advice. But their parents are lost too

• Bored at work? Turn your frustration into insight

• How to know when to pursue your side gig full-time

• Human in an AI age: voice

• The Jonah complex: how to stop running from your own light

• Relaxation techniques you may be missing

Innovation

• New research on the link between learning and innovation

• Three misleading AI metaphors and one to make it right

• Tech Philosophy and AI Opportunity

• The new skill in AI is not prompting, it's context engineering

• The great productivity paradox: why we measure everything except what makes life worth living

• Find the ONE constraint limiting your growth

• Mastering ChatGPT: advanced techniques for workplace communication and productivity

• How AI is driving R&D productivity

Leadership and management

• Barriers to psychological safety

• How to rethink change with the three percent rule

• Five things to do when you’re not the boss’ favorite

• Question your successes as much as your failures

• Five ways leaders can communicate power

• Do the right thing: building trust in turbulent times

• Leading is emotionally draining. Here’s how to recover

• Unlearning is a competitive advantage

One book

“Hostage at the Table: How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others, and Raise Performance” by George Kohlrieser.

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See you next Saturday,

Roberto

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