Getting feedback helps you improve the product but we believe that this principle is not just true for products but also for people. Opening up to each other is releasing pressure and improves collaboration with the team. We all agree that feedback is a good thing. We all know that we and our work relations can benefit from it. But the truth is, there is a vast gap between knowing feedback is good, and giving good feedback. And similarly, there is a vast difference between thinking you want to receive feedback, and knowing how to receive it well.
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Susanne Kirndorfer used to work in applied linguistic research and language teaching at universities in Germany and abroad. After some years she decided to try new things to give her career a new meaning and moved into operational roles in the IT-Industry. Today she works as a Community Manager and Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for ThoughtWorks Germany. Helena Lyhme is a social anthropologist by training, curious about human culture and interactions. Besides humans, she is also interested in technology, which made her pick up computer science as a second subject at university. After working for a social edTech organization for some time, she joined ThoughtWorks as a Business Analyst. In this role, she is working with a diverse set of technologists to help clients build custom software solutions.
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