The Humans of DevOps Podcast Series S3 Ep78: Tackling Human Debt - the key to high-performing teams with Duena Blomstrom
May 31, 2022
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Understanding Human Debt
- Human Debt is like Technical Debt but for people and culture in organizations.
- It results from neglecting psychological safety, respect, and proper human work, decreasing performance.
Organizational Denial of Human Debt
- Organizations collectively deny or avoid addressing Human Debt due to its perceived size and complexity.
- Current organizational structures are outdated and inadequate for fostering necessary human-centric collaboration and agility.
Leadership's Psychological Safety Deficit
- Top organizational levels lack psychological safety and true teams; they perform impression management instead of real collaboration.
- Without psychologically safe leaders, it is impossible to address fundamental people issues effectively.