Time to Listen: How Giving People Space to Speak Drives Invention and Inclusion: 1 (Assumptions Aside)

There's a whole bunch of stuff I loved about Indi Young's new book "Time To Listen". Very recommended.Some "Darn…" moments when it helped me see a mistake I've been making for years. So things to fix! (the bits about "support" helped me notice I'd almost been avoiding doing that in some contexts, because — I think — of how I deliberately don't do that in more evaluative work.)Some "Hmm…" moments when it's doing something very differently from my normal practice. So some new things to try! (e.g. explicit categories like "Almost cognition layer" for things I normally think about more in terms of continuums and directions…)Some "Oh yes!" moments when I got a nice label for a thing I do all the time, but have had trouble communicating when helping other folk do the work. So better ways to communicate and teach! (e.g. "micro reflection"! Gonna use that a whole bunch!)Some "Don't wanna!" moments where recommendations run counter to my experiences! So… some "what if…" thinking ahead! (e.g. One listening session a day max?! I've regularly done 2/3 a day and it still felt good. Did it? What it it wasn't? How would I know? How to find out? :)But what's stayed with me most is a line right at the start. Which is a lovely encapsulation of stuff I rant about a bunch with clients."the habit of creating harm."Go read it. It's good.