Have you ever not made a much-needed change because you were afraid of breaking something? Caution is wise, but too much fear can leave even the most agile of software organizations with a crippling aversion to change. This talk will discuss what makes us scared, why it hurts us, and my experiences helping a team I managed get rid of some of our fears.
12. Fear fosters flight: A mechanism for fear contagion
when perceiving emoVon expressed by a whole body
–Gelder et al.
“observing fearful body expressions
produces increased acVvity in brain
areas narrowly associated with
emoVonal processes and that this
emoVon-‐related acVvity occurs
together with acVvaVon of areas
linked with representaVon of acVon
and movement”