Happy New Year, and welcome back to APT Insights! APT Insights is a monthly blog post where we share content that we have seen, heard, or read recently and think is worth passing along.
We hope you take some time to watch, listen, and read some of our recent finds!
WATCH
3 ways to measure your adaptability — and how to improve it, a TED Talk by Natalie Fratto
A key indicator when it comes to success isn’t only intelligence or charisma. Adaptability matters too.
If you’ve never heard of an “adaptability quotient,” you’re not alone. This quick TED talk introduced the concept and introduces a few ways to test and improve yours.
Ask What If questions! Don’t be an unlearner! Infuse exploration!
LISTEN
Dr. Antonio Damosio: Narrowing the Gap Between the Body and the Mind on Dr. Michael Gervais’s podcast, Finding Mastery
What a fascinating episode! As humans, especially as medical professionals, this is such a fitting and important insight into mind and body studies. The discussion covers topics such as:
- The difference between emotions and feelings
- The key to understanding consciousness and the value of consciousness is defining self and an owner.
- How we sharpen/focus on things that matter to us
- …and much more!
We know you will find this as useful as we have, for your own self, your team, your patients…every facet of your life.
We’ll be adding Dr. António R. Damásio‘s book, Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious
to our To-Read list, and you may see it in the READ section of one of our upcoming APT Insights posts.
READ
Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing, Tuckman’s Model for Nurturing a Team to High Performance
In this article, Bruce Tuckman’s model describes the various stages for successful teamwork.
While Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing is a catchy phrase to remember, it is always a fairly easy approach to implement.
There are a lot of great additional resources within the post to help support you and your team throughout the different phases of growth.
KEEP LEARNING
A big, continued thanks for interest in our posts! We hope you have found a couple of take aways from these resources.
Looking back, you can read any of our past insights by accessing the archives here.
Looking forward, here’s to a great 2022!
Do you have any recommendations for content worth sharing? Contact us to pass along anything you have found interesting lately, and we may even include it in an upcoming APT Insights blog post!