Fear vs. Innovation: How Toxic Cultures Kill Organizations
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Employees stuck in a survival response will never feel safe enough to innovate. This episode reveals how fear-based management impacts creativity, turnover, and organizational success, backed by insights from leading research. Learn why punished vulnerability leads to stagnation and how psychological safety is the key to unlocking bold ideas and collaboration.
Explore practical strategies leaders can use to eradicate fear, foster trust, empower teams, and drive meaningful innovation across their organizations.
Episode Chapters
01:19 - Introduction: Why Fear Is the Enemy of Innovation
04:16 - Consistent Innovation Is a Cultural Outcome
07:37 - The Cost of Fear in the Workplace
15:22 - Understanding the Fear Button: The Role of Psychological Safety
22:00 - Autonomic Nervous System Responses: Fight, Flight, Freeze
25:09 - The Hidden Pain of Toxic Workplaces
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I've wanted to grab a few people by the lapels myself, more than once. I can't begin to say how much value I continue to get from your work. In particular I appreciate the way you both share your own examples, etc. .
The gem that stuck out to me today...
Toxic workplaces trigger the same autonomic nervous system responses as someone who hits you in the face.
We appreciate your kind words! We are glad the episode resonated with you.
"Toxic workplaces activate the same neural pathways as physical pain." So good! Thanks Tim and Junior for another great episode!
Thanks for watching, we are glad you enjoyed it!
It’s fascinating that toxic cultures aren’t built intentionally. They’re the default. “If you’re not innovating, you’re doing this.” -Dr. Clark
Great discussion.
You can't change or improve by using the same thinking that created the current situation
100%! Thanks for watching.
Thank you for this! I just requested the resource and I'm hoping the reference to the Harvard Review piece you mentioned is in there. 🤞 Several light bulb moments in this one but particularly like the concept that innovation requires deviation. This gets right up into the face of the culturally stagnate phrases, "it's just the way we do things" or "if it's not broke don't fix it." If its not broke, it obviously doesn't need fixing, but it always need innovating! Thank you!
Innovation requires deviation. LOVE this!
Thanks for watching!
Interesting to think about how fear doesn’t just suppress creativity but also messes with the feedback loop, which leads to bad decisions at the top. Love this!
Thanks for sharing! Fear most definitely affects the feedback loop.