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  • Cat Hicksgrimalkina@mastodon.social
    Jun 14, 2026, 3:39 PM

    Loyal dissenters, as studied by Dominic Packer, are people who strongly identify with their group but *are also capable of dissenting with their group's norms.* They are key agents of reshaping and moving groups toward better. They are, as he calls them in a delightful paper title, "rebels with a cause."

    Disrupting the empathy dampening is absolutely possible, and the more you cultivate habits of empathy, the more you become willing to point out hypocritical groups, the more you play this role

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  • Cat Hicksgrimalkina@mastodon.social
    Jun 14, 2026, 3:41 PM

    All of this is central, not just a "nice to have," when we need groups of knowledge workers to build immensely complex technology.

    We'll learn more in the next week!

    This is the COUNTDOWN to preorders for THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SOFTWARE TEAMS on June 23!

    In celebration, I'm sharing a new piece of evidence every day from the book and how it helps us understand our minds and build more thriving, joyful communities in technology ❤️

    Sign up for a preorder reminder here:

    routledge.com/The-Psychology-o

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  • Cat Hicksgrimalkina@mastodon.social
    Jun 14, 2026, 3:44 PM

    Every single chapter in the book has its own FULL reference list, so if I'm calling out interesting scientists and studies you want to learn more about, trust that you will have a guide in your hands with this book!

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