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#32: The Secret of Getting Optimistic and Pessimistic Employees to Collaborate Effectively

#32: The Secret of Getting Optimistic and Pessimistic Employees to Collaborate Effectively
Nov 15, 2020 · 14m 1s

Maximize the value that pessimists and optimists bring to your enterprise by helping them work together well. Optimists should generate half-baked ideas and give them to the pessimists, who would...

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Maximize the value that pessimists and optimists bring to your enterprise by helping them work together well. Optimists should generate half-baked ideas and give them to the pessimists, who would select the most viable notions and finish baking them into full-fledged plans. That's the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes the secret of getting optimistic and pessimistic employees to collaborate effectively.

This article forms the basis for this episode: https://disasteravoidanceexperts.com/the-secret-of-getting-optimistic-and-pessimistic-employees-to-collaborate-effectively/

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Alex Villacorta

Alex Villacorta

3 years ago

Great topic to talk about, optimistic and pessimistic employees within an organization can be a good balance in decision-making. Their effective collaboration helps an organization achieve common goals. Thanks for sharing!
Shyam Soni

Shyam Soni

3 years ago

Nice podcast for colloboration effectivly. optimists and pessimists such nice concept to overcome with the weakness and getting maximum value through it. Must recommend this podcast to business partners.
James Melvin Claver

James Melvin Claver

3 years ago

This is very much relatable, conflict between enterprise is common. In this ways collaboration between the optimists and pessimists, finding the balance in between can greatly help the enterprise, this turns conflict into a positive work collaboration
Junelyn Lacandula

Junelyn Lacandula

3 years ago

I don't have an idea about the optimists and pessimists good collab until I read this article. I agree that they can work perfectly with their own strengths and could definitely produce amazing results. Thumbs up for this episode.
Tasnuva Tonny

Tasnuva Tonny

3 years ago

This content surely maximize the value that pessimists and optimists bring to our enterprise by helping them work together well. I agree that Optimists should generate half-baked ideas and give them to the pessimists. The information is quite bold. Definitely its a good balance when will make decision. Thanks for sharing.
Shafayet karim

Shafayet karim

3 years ago

Amazing podcast! I have learned about the optimism bias and the pessimism bias from this podcast. I think I will be able to make good decisions in hiring and collaboration and in all other areas of my business. Thank you for sharing such an informative podcast in this pandemic situation. I appreciate it.
Kh. Monjurul Karim

Kh. Monjurul Karim

3 years ago

Thanks for sharing such wonderful content. It'll definitely help me to hire my employees more efficiently.
Beatrice Sargin

Beatrice Sargin

3 years ago

This information is solid. These mental blindspots are two out of over one hundred dangerous judgment errors that result from how our brains are wired. If you have just optimists in a group, everyone will perceive their own ideas as brilliant and continuously support each other, at the risk of not filtering out bad ideas. This could result in ideas running in 20 different directions at once. On the other hand, if you have just pessimists in a group, they won’t create nearly enough new ideas for the needs of our increasingly disrupted world as they would find fault at every turn. Having a mixed group gives you the best of both worlds in generating new ideas and refining them to address problematic spots. When they work together efficiently, pessimists and optimists can ensure that processes are both innovative and thorough, maximizing an organization’s success for the long term. Great tip for businesses moving forward! Thanks for sharing.
john chavez

john chavez

3 years ago

I'm an optimist and it's hard for me to collaborate with the pessimist. However, it's good to know that there are researches that concluded somehow that both can work together. Very nice discussion.
Epifanio Lago Jr.

Epifanio Lago Jr.

3 years ago

Having a pessimist and optimist working together is a great balance that every organization should have. Thanks for sharing podcast
Jo Anne Aranton

Jo Anne Aranton

3 years ago

Optimist and pessimist in an organization can be a good balance when it comes to decision making. I really like how the ideas presented on how employees can collaborate effectively.
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