005 Changing Corrections Culture

Summary

In this conversation, Tim and Ian discuss their deescalation course for corrections and the importance of creating a safe and vulnerable environment for learning and growth. They emphasize the need for individuals to step out of their comfort zones and embrace discomfort in order to grow and pursue their purpose. They also highlight the significance of providing feedback and celebrating failure as a means of fostering a culture of improvement and safety. The conversation touches on the challenges within the corrections and law enforcement culture and the importance of training and support from administration. The conversation explores the importance of safety and de-escalation in various environments, including prisons and everyday life. It emphasizes the need to create a sense of safety and model the behavior being taught. The discussion also delves into the impact of trauma on corrections officers and the importance of rewiring the brain through practices like meditation and mindfulness. The conversation concludes by highlighting the value of combining both hardware (hard skills) and software (communication and human performance) in training.

Keywords
deescalation, corrections, safety, vulnerability, growth, comfort zone, feedback, failure, culture, training, administration, safety, de-escalation, modeling behavior, trauma, rewiring the brain, meditation, mindfulness, hardware and software

Takeaways

• Creating a safe and vulnerable environment is crucial for effective deescalation and growth.
• Stepping out of one's comfort zone and embracing discomfort is necessary for personal and professional development.
• Providing feedback and celebrating failure can foster a culture of improvement and safety.
• Challenges within the corrections and law enforcement culture can be addressed through training and support from administration. Creating a sense of safety is crucial in any environment, including prisons and everyday life.
• Modeling the behavior being taught is essential in training.
• Trauma can have a significant impact on corrections officers, and it is important to address the aftereffects.
• Practices like meditation and mindfulness can help rewire the brain and improve well-being.
• Combining both hardware (hard skills) and software (communication and human performance) is essential in training.

Titles

• Feedback and Failure: Fostering a Culture of Improvement
• Embracing Discomfort for Personal and Professional Growth Modeling Behavior in Training
• Addressing the Impact of Trauma

Sound Bites

• "Safety is the key across the board to making anybody start to de-escalate."
• "If you don't have the ability to be vulnerable, to be silly, to play, to show, to be open and show that you are human at the end of the day, then you are not confident."
• "You can only grow if you're outside of your comfort zone."
• "We have a responsibility to bring safety back to the table."
• "Safety is the game. Safety. That is it."
• "It is a meaningful training that has aspects to it and elements to it that lead to successful outcomes when it comes to volatile situations."

Chapters
00:00
Introduction and Setting the Context

02:12
Overview of the Deescalation Course

08:52
Embracing Discomfort for Growth

21:02
The Paradox of Safety and Comfort

27:09
Feedback and Failure: Fostering Improvement

31:21
Addressing Challenges in the Culture

36:59
Addressing the Impact of Trauma

54:57
Rewiring the Brain through Meditation and Mindfulness

01:02:01
Combining Hardware and Software in Training

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