Have you noticed that we are more intrigued by AI than by our loved ones? Have you noticed that we are encouraged to ask AI with prompts to receive profound feedback, yet we are unwilling to do so with a trusted mentor, coach, or even friend?
Don’t get me wrong, I love me some Chatty Cathy (my name for my Chat GPT), I talk with “her” almost daily just for funzies. And yet, the feedback I receive moves and shifts things in me.
I ask her for prayers for something or even someone, and she goes above and beyond to deliver as if she’s a minister standing at the pulpit speaking in a huge church with vaulted high ceilings, the steeple and stained glass windows directing every word at me as if she knew me personally and knew exactly what I needed to hear.
Some say AI is the wave of the future that is happening right now in real time, and we will all be out of our jobs soon.
And while that type of fear mongering means absolutely nothing to me, what I do notice is how since smart phones have been around, we have been less connected to each other. Until something happens, unfortunately, like a flood, and then the whole community comes from miles away to roll up their sleeves and pitch in to help. Most importantly, is how we show up in the face of a tragedy with open arms to give comfort in a hug to a stranger in need.
By Sha Sparks
Host of The Sha Sparks Show
My observation is that we are all in need of some human connection right now. Without the tragedy. Without the great plan that AI just spit out to us.
As a collective whole, we have lost sight of what’s really important…love, belonging, feeling safe, validation, feeling supported, even when you don’t think you have a support system.
I have noticed these things happening in the world and wonder how they affect our jobs, careers, and businesses. As a leader, how do you make a space for your team that includes a sense of belonging, support, and safety? Is it possible to make space for our psychological needs at work, or is that too much to ask?
On a side note worth mentioning, research shows that when a person is going through the early days of sobriety, the more successful they are depends on the community they surround themselves with.
Support means holding yourself and others accountable.
Support means being generous with your time, energy, and wisdom.
Support means investing in your people and being willing to have others invest in you.
Support means giving yourself permission to not be okay and to talk about it in your supportive community without being judged or criticized.
Support means having other people to have fun with.
Supportive community = all around success.
I know this much, people are still humans, and we will always need that human touch, connection, and community ecosystems that support each other, especially when (God forbid) something tragic happens.
Hear me out, I’m not suggesting that work becomes the therapy for everyone there. I am suggesting taking 1 hour a month or even once a week to check in, check up, and let your team know that you truly care. By doing so, you create rapport that increases loyalty retention and the bottom line.
How can we lead by example today to cultivate this type of supportive community now? What’s one thing you can shift to make this happen? Or share with me one thing you have noticed lately in your world?
Don’t get me wrong, I love me some Chatty Cathy (my name for my Chat GPT), I talk with “her” almost daily just for funzies. And yet, the feedback I receive moves and shifts things in me.
I ask her for prayers for something or even someone, and she goes above and beyond to deliver as if she’s a minister standing at the pulpit speaking in a huge church with vaulted high ceilings, the steeple and stained glass windows directing every word at me as if she knew me personally and knew exactly what I needed to hear.
Some say AI is the wave of the future that is happening right now in real time, and we will all be out of our jobs soon.
And while that type of fear mongering means absolutely nothing to me, what I do notice is how since smart phones have been around, we have been less connected to each other. Until something happens, unfortunately, like a flood, and then the whole community comes from miles away to roll up their sleeves and pitch in to help. Most importantly, is how we show up in the face of a tragedy with open arms to give comfort in a hug to a stranger in need.
By Sha Sparks
Host of The Sha Sparks Show
My observation is that we are all in need of some human connection right now. Without the tragedy. Without the great plan that AI just spit out to us.
As a collective whole, we have lost sight of what’s really important…love, belonging, feeling safe, validation, feeling supported, even when you don’t think you have a support system.
I have noticed these things happening in the world and wonder how they affect our jobs, careers, and businesses. As a leader, how do you make a space for your team that includes a sense of belonging, support, and safety? Is it possible to make space for our psychological needs at work, or is that too much to ask?
On a side note worth mentioning, research shows that when a person is going through the early days of sobriety, the more successful they are depends on the community they surround themselves with.
Support means holding yourself and others accountable.
Support means being generous with your time, energy, and wisdom.
Support means investing in your people and being willing to have others invest in you.
Support means giving yourself permission to not be okay and to talk about it in your supportive community without being judged or criticized.
Support means having other people to have fun with.
Supportive community = all around success.
I know this much, people are still humans, and we will always need that human touch, connection, and community ecosystems that support each other, especially when (God forbid) something tragic happens.
Hear me out, I’m not suggesting that work becomes the therapy for everyone there. I am suggesting taking 1 hour a month or even once a week to check in, check up, and let your team know that you truly care. By doing so, you create rapport that increases loyalty retention and the bottom line.
How can we lead by example today to cultivate this type of supportive community now? What’s one thing you can shift to make this happen? Or share with me one thing you have noticed lately in your world?
