May ’25 – Developing Staff (and Workplace Culture)
Week 1 – Curiosity Brainstorm
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Week 1 – Curiosity Brainstorm
This week in AP Studio, we kicked off our new theme: Developing Staff (and Workplace Culture). What started with clown stories and piggy bank saxophones quickly turned into a rich, reflective conversation about what it really takes to help people grow at work.
Here’s what surfaced:
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Power, influence, and permission: Several folks named the complexity of developing staff across different teams—especially when you’re not someone’s direct supervisor. Finding your lane (and your leverage) is top of folks minds.
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From opinion to curiosity: We explored the shift from offering answers to asking questions—inviting others to lead, reflect, and problem-solve without immediately jumping in with our own take.
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Recommendations, not just questions: A few folks shared how they’re trying to nudge staff into leadership by encouraging them to make a call, not just float ideas. “Tell me what you think we should do and why” became a mantra.
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Modeling matters: Developing others starts with how we show up. Do we work differently? Invite feedback? Tackle boring-but-necessary work with humor and humility? That’s culture-shaping in action.
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Finding superpowers: Instead of locking people into narrow roles, how can we help them discover what they’re uniquely great at—even if it doesn’t fit the usual boxes?
This session set an exciting foundation for the month ahead. If you missed it, the replay is available below. I also encourage you to peruse the Miro board and add more ideas of your own!
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