You have probably said “I had a gut feeling about it” or “butterflies in my tummy” or “sick to my stomach”, without thinking twice about where those expressions actually come from. It turns out these phrases are closer to literal biology than most of us realize, and a wave of recent research is giving us […]
Five questions, about three minutes, and a quick read on how you actually make decisions versus how you think you make them. For each question, pick the answer that is closest to your honest first reaction rather than the one that sounds best. 1. When you are facing a decision with real stakes, what happens […]
by Lisa Peers | Peers and Players Why courageous conversations matter: Have you ever come away from a conversation with the satisfying feeling that you co-created an experience, that you learned a little more about someone, that your message was received, and you had a clear path forward? That’s how it should feel, even if […]
“When I choose to see the good side of things, I’m not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It’s how I learned to survive through everything.” — Waymond Wang, Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) There’s a scene in Everything Everywhere All at Once that has quietly lodged itself in the minds of anyone […]
Roleplay gets a bad reputation in corporate training — but done right, it’s one of the fastest ways to build real communication skills that actually stick. Ask most managers what their biggest frustration is and you’ll hear some version of the same answer: communication. Not strategy, not budget — communication. The feedback that never landed. […]
By Lisa Peers, Founder of Peers and Players Psychological safety is not a “soft skill” add-on, it is the foundation that decides whether a team actually works. People need to feel safe enough to fail, to be creative, to give honest feedback and to receive it without flinching. Without that, something has to give, and […]
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