Fight, Flight, or Freeze - Releasing Organizational Trauma

Explore the concept of organizational trauma and its impact on team dynamics in this insightful conference talk. Delve into the fight, flight, or freeze responses that organizations may exhibit when faced with traumatic experiences, such as major outages. Learn how to identify signs of organizational trauma and discover strategies for healing, including game days and planned failure injection. Gain valuable insights on cognitive distortions, context switching, and maintaining mental health in high-stress environments. Apply lessons from post-traumatic stress treatment to improve organizational resilience and create a healthier work culture.

Intro
Fight, Flight, or Freeze Releasing Organizational Trauma
Content Warning: Discussion of trauma and post- traumatic stress
Humans are not zebras
How does this apply to an organization?
Hyperarousal fight or flight
Hypoarousal freeze
Inappropriate response
"We have a saying in medicine that when you hear hoofbeats, the first thing that should come to mind is a horse, not a zebra." This too cute by half phrase has killed
Identify your organization's
Regulate
Organizational EMDR
Game days
Planned failure injection
Process failure
A word about somatic experiencing
Cognitive distortions
Polarized thinking
Overgeneralization
Fortune telling
Control fallacies
Context switch
Allocate mental bandwidth
Treat yourself
Stay healthy
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