Dr. Katere Adeseko

Understanding your self-talk and how to change it Your inner voice is running in the background all the time. Right now, as you read this, there’s probably some kind of inner speech happening. Maybe it’s critical: “I should be further along by now.” Maybe it’s harsh: “I made a mistake with that client.” Or maybe it’s defeatist: “I’m not cut out for this.” What psychology and neuroscience suggest is this: that voice is not the full truth. It’s a stream of self-talk, and it can be changed. We...

The research on team performance and what you can do about it Google spent years studying what made its highest-performing teams effective. They expected to find that the “who” mattered most: the perfect mix of IQ, experience, and elite backgrounds. They were wrong. Project Aristotle showed something more important: the strongest teams were defined less by who was on them and more by how the team worked together. A central factor was psychological safety. This finding changed how we think...

Ugh, “I’m bored!” Sound familiar? As summer holidays are well on their way, that plea can send any parent into panic or frustration....