Ursula Adams

‘Kangaroo Time’ hops into top spot of Science’s latest ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest Runners-up in Science’s annual competition include dances of streambank erosion and moth mating

Need a midday pick me up? Check out the Dance Your PhD contest which challenges scientists "to explain their research obsession with fancy footwork, but no PowerPoint slides or jargon." 2024 winners include videos on individuality and conformity in kangaroos, streambank erosion, and moth mating.

Great day at work & it's not yet 11am! Led a virtual #CliftonStrengths session for a women's group in DE, bought tons of giftees for 4 kids my team adopted for the holidays & participated in a brainstorm to create a pitch program. Days like this remind me that $50K in student load debt was worth it.

Today's lunchtime edu-tainment is Managing Year-End Stress with #meQuilibrium.

Releasing Stress:

Trap it. Pause for a moment. What are you feeing?
Map it. What thought is causing this emotion?
Zap it. Check the accuracy and reframe it.

New study reveals lasting impact of childhood adversity on brain development The impact of childhood adversity on mental health is well-known, but a new study takes it a step further by showing how these experiences can alter the brain’s functional architecture.

“Abuse & neglect can alter the functional architecture of the brain.” - PsyPost

It's a fallacy when we claim not to bring our "real selves" to work. We can hide pieces of identity, but nature/nurture becomes biologically hardwired & follows us everywhere. It's why EQ matters @ work. #neuroscience

End of the work day thought... using other people's ideas to solve our problems doesn't work 99.99% of the time. Often because their resolutions speak to their emotional needs & motivators, not our own. While it definitely feels less risky to ignore our emotional needs, it's not nearly as effective.

Intelligent failure is the "right kind of wrong" - a disappointment that brings new knowledge or territory. It's bringing me something new that I couldn't get any other way. - Dr. Amy Edmondson at #pscyhsafetyday

Trust has an object/person: I trust my laptop to work, I trust Amy to show up, etc. Psych Safety is a belief in the environment. - Dr. Amy Edmondson at #psychsafetyday

Orgs that don't embrace psych safety do so at the peril of the bottom line. Over 70% of employees on teams with low psych safety are looking for a new job in the next 12 months. That's a lot of $ spent in recruiting, hiring, and training - and a mass loss of institutional knowledge. #psychsafetyday

We will never produce a human that is mistake-free. - Dr. Amy Edmondson at #psychsafetyday

Leaders overestimate the psychological safety of their team because they underestimate the impact of their power. #psychsafetyday

Tweet that says if your concern with trans women is that men might claim to self-ID as trans to gain access to women’s spaces and assault them, then your problem is actually with predatory men and not trans women.

All of this.

Humans tend to sniff their hand within 30 seconds of shaking someone's hand. It helps us gather important information about others. - Dr. David Samson at #psychsafetyday

Do you think it's true? I'm going to make it a point to observe from now on! 🤝

The institutions in which we work are often evolutionary mismatches and bonds are very fragile. (Working in large groups - 150+ - is asking employees to act counter to their evolution. We weren't built to trust that many people.) - Dr. David Samson at #psychsafetyday

Make disagreement a competency on your teams. Train and assign people to debate. - Julie Diamond on Power Intelligence at #psychsafetyday

Psychological Safety isn't a destination or problem to be solved. It's an ongoing process of effort, repair & improvement. #psychsafetyday

Underuse of power is just as bad as overuse of power. In the absence of title, power migrates. Not stepping into power leaves a power vacuum that will be filled by the loudest or most dominant voices in the room. - Julie Diamond on Power Intelligence at #psychsafetyday

Power is like medicine - it's needed, but has side effects. - Julie Diamond on Power Intelligence at #psychsafetyday