My guest today is Joel Helbling from Test Double, a fully remote software consultancy. While Joel doesn’t work in the health sector, I hope you find his insights into team communication, feedback, and change are relevant. Joel shares how his team stays connected and effective without the benefit of in-person interaction, through intentional communication, feedback, […]
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Joel Helbling on building strong teams through feedback
My guest today is Joel Helbling from Test Double, a fully remote software consultancy. While Joel doesn’t work in the health sector, I hope you find his insights into team communication, feedback, and change are relevant. Joel shares how his team stays connected and effective without the benefit of in-person interaction, through intentional communication, feedback, […]
Celebrating Pride 2025
During Pride Month, we’re reminded that effective communication with LGBTQ+ patients isn’t just about inclusion. It’s also about safety, trust, and clinical quality. Decades of research tell us what many LGBTQ+ patients already know: communication can shape whether you feel safe, seen, or if you’re willing to come back. If you’re someone who cares about […]
Episode 203 Inspiration for communicating across difference.
Communicating across our differences is difficult, but necessary, in today’s highly polarized environment. I share real life examples, and advice from a language expert, as encouragement for talking to someone you disagree with. Communicating with people that we disagree with has never been easy, but today I’m arguing it’s pretty necessary. So I’m going to share […]
Inspiration for communicating across difference
Communicating across our differences is difficult, but necessary, in today’s highly polarized environment. I share real life examples, and advice from a language expert, as encouragement for talking to someone you disagree with. Communicating with people that we disagree with has never been easy, but today I’m arguing it’s pretty necessary. So I’m going to share […]
Inspiration for communicating across difference
Today, communicating across our differences is both difficult and necessary. The more divisive the dominant rhetoric becomes, the more we need to look to each other for connection. The more we’re told it’s really an “us versus them” fight, the more we need to question those misleading and false binaries. But this is hard work. […]