Absolutely. I've been thinking about writing about this very topic for a while. The famous "leave your emotions at that door" is one of the worst and most naive things to say but that a lot people believe is possible. It's funny how most companies, from tiny startups to huge corporations, want their employees to use reason only and shame them for displaying emotions, when the very reason why they're in business is the FEELING that investors had that they could be profitable, as well as the FEELING of their customers about their products and brand. I a thousand percent advocate for welcoming and encouraging emotions, especially to address and even prevent conflict and drama in the work place. Great article! I'd love to help spread EDD, Emotion Driven Development. Let me know how I can help!
Ingo Steinke is a Berlin-based senior web developer focusing on front-end web development to create and improve websites and make the web more accessible, sustainable, and user-friendly.
Ironically, employees are expected to show emotions during hiring interviews, like a lot of excitement for their future employer and some negative feelings that they somehow managed so that they can leave them at that door to behave like a robot when hired.
Ingo Steinke is a Berlin-based senior web developer focusing on front-end web development to create and improve websites and make the web more accessible, sustainable, and user-friendly.
I didn't intend to start a movement. Maybe we should, but thinking and talking about emotions and which role the already play even in pseudo-rational decision making will already make a change.
Well like you said, you should've thought of the emotions you'd cause on people with your article! Now it's too late, the movement has started! 😆
Joke aside, I agree. Raising awareness and talking openly about emotions is a great start. This has been my approach on the teams that I had the opportunity to lead and mentor and I will continue doing that. Welcoming emotions is fundamental to making people feel heard and accepted, and the way to building and maintaining trust.
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Absolutely. I've been thinking about writing about this very topic for a while. The famous "leave your emotions at that door" is one of the worst and most naive things to say but that a lot people believe is possible. It's funny how most companies, from tiny startups to huge corporations, want their employees to use reason only and shame them for displaying emotions, when the very reason why they're in business is the FEELING that investors had that they could be profitable, as well as the FEELING of their customers about their products and brand. I a thousand percent advocate for welcoming and encouraging emotions, especially to address and even prevent conflict and drama in the work place. Great article! I'd love to help spread EDD, Emotion Driven Development. Let me know how I can help!
Ironically, employees are expected to show emotions during hiring interviews, like a lot of excitement for their future employer and some negative feelings that they somehow managed so that they can leave them at that door to behave like a robot when hired.
I didn't intend to start a movement. Maybe we should, but thinking and talking about emotions and which role the already play even in pseudo-rational decision making will already make a change.
Well like you said, you should've thought of the emotions you'd cause on people with your article! Now it's too late, the movement has started! 😆
Joke aside, I agree. Raising awareness and talking openly about emotions is a great start. This has been my approach on the teams that I had the opportunity to lead and mentor and I will continue doing that. Welcoming emotions is fundamental to making people feel heard and accepted, and the way to building and maintaining trust.