About this episode

Carrie Rogers-Whitehead discusses the importance of acknowledging negative emotions in organizations and their impact on team dynamics.

In your organization, are there ways to share negative viewpoints or emotions, and is it helpful to do so? On this show Carrie Rogers-Whitehead - author, library consultant, and Founder of Digital Responsibility - talks about The Glass Half Empty: the Positives of Negative Emotions. She shares how not allowing for negative emotions can hold back our teams and what we can do about it.

People in this episode

Host: Adriane Herrick Juarez

Guest: Carrie Rogers-Whitehead

Topics covered

• negative emotions
• team dynamics
• organizational culture
• emotional intelligence
• library consulting

Keywords

• negative viewpoints
• emotions
• team performance
• consulting
• library

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Digital Responsibility

Books & works: The Glass Half Empty

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