068: Skills of Resilience with Gerry Valentine
February 21st, 2018 · 45 mins
About this Episode
01:28 – Gerry’s Superpower: Building Resilience
02:51 – What is Resilience?
08:59 – Creating an Atmosphere of Psychological Safety
11:04 – Having Tough Conversations: Resilience on the Societal Level
18:41 – Moving Other People Forward and Leading Others as a Senior Dev
27:07 – Code Chitakwas
33:10 – Devaluing the Notion of Intellect
Reflections:
Gerry: What is “smart”, really and how are we smart enough to make the room of smart people bigger?
Coraline: Thinking of myself as a leader in my company and think about it can use the influence that I have to make sure that we’re creating and fostering a culture where we do face down the big problems.
Jamey: Being right, being new, and making process. Also, valuing intellect and having uncomfortable conversations.
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