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  Tactical Mindfulness | Curious Now 49 06.08.2026 18min

  Managing our own attention at critical moments is one of the key elements of self-leadership, allowing us to control our reactions and focus rather than being controlled by it: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 Borrowing from Chris Voss’ idea of Tactical Empathy, Tactical Mindfulness is the idea that even if we don’t want to commit to a mindfulness practice, it still allows us to lead much more effectively when we’re aware of our own panic, fluster, target fixation, or task saturation. Rather than forcing others to navigate our reactions, by naming and noting them we can regain control and bring our best selves back to the team. Workout of the week: When thoughts bubble up during a normal activity where you want to be paying attention, label them, accept them, and return to your attention. Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety
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  What Problems Do You Love? | Curious Now 48 31.07.2026 17min

  How do we help our colleagues push through initial effort to focus into a realm where they feel like they have achieved flow and are doing their best work? : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 A clear why, and a sense of working on problems that engage us, that matter to us, and that light us up, is the fuel or the wellspring of feeling like our jobs matter and that we matter in our jobs, and achieving those feelings of flow that make work tolerable or even satisfying. Workout of the week: Identify one thing that draws you in so completely that time passes almost unnoticed, and ask yourself what about it are you actually enjoying? Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety
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  Can You Have Too Much Psych Safety? | Curious Now 47 23.07.2026 16min

  “If I create too much psychological safety, won’t discussions just become endless? It sounds nice, but I have actual work to get done.” : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 Psychological safety isn’t the opposite of discipline; it’s the partner of discipline. When we have to get things done, we have to get them done, but that doesn’t mean we can’t skillfully lead in a way that allows people to share their insights and still drive the work forward. Workout of the week: The next time you’re under pressure in a team setting, try to carve out a small proportion of work time to create the conditions for better collaboration, balancing discipline and openness. For example: name the time pressure the team is under, invite participation under those conditions, and support people for participating. Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety 6120fbf0-89ba-11f1-b3c6-15acc75bf76a
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  Destigmatizing Failure | Curious Now 46 17.07.2026 26min

  People are going to make mistakes. As the leader of a team, how do we help people move from the mindset of failure as a character flaw to seeing failure as a moment for growth?: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 How do we separate out the part of us that’s aware that mistakes are required from us for growth and the part that feels like we’ve done a crime when we make an error? We can know intellectually that preventable error is a part of experience, but still have a part that wants to be perfect and experiences shame when we aren’t. Workout of the week: Reframe a mistake that you or someone else made in a way that allows you to learn from it productively. Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety
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  Responding Productively When Feedback Hurts | Curious Now 45 10.07.2026 19min

  What should a leader do when they’ve encouraged their team to speak up, they’ve created psych safety, and then their team gives them feedback they didn’t really want to hear: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 Whether and how we respond when people share their perspective with us has a big impact on whether they will do it again later. Pockets of culture around us are not set in stone; they’re built moment by moment based on how we talk to each other. Our experience as receivers of feedback and our actions shape how feedback will emerge in the future. Workout of the week: Say thank you when someone gives you feedback, even if the feedback doesn’t feel welcome. Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety
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  Teamwork Isn't Free | Curious Now 44 02.07.2026 23min

  Teamwork isn’t free—our teammates are always making cost calculations about the benefits of weighing in versus the potential costs: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 One of the main reasons people will choose not to join in a workplace discussion is because they’ve sensed that the short term risk to themselves of speaking is greater than the long term benefit, to themselves or to the company. How, as leaders, can we change the subconscious math happening for our teammates when it comes to garnering participation? Workout of the week: Find one real world situation where you can lower the cost of participation, whether by invitation or by suggesting roles and steps. Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety
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  Listener Reps: Asking Real Questions | Curious Now 43 26.06.2026 15min

  Emira Yusufova, Lucas Farris, and Julie Hartman join us again to talk their experience at asking questions where they truly don’t know the answer: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 Lucas, Julie and Esmira discuss how to balance being the expert in a debriefing for a case you’ve run many times versus allowing the participants to surprise you, how statements of genuine curiosity can improve personal relationships, and reset strategies when you are genuinely surprised by a response you get in debriefing. Workout of the week: Practice offering a rewind when you ask an open-ended question in order to allow learners more freedom to try out not fully formed thoughts. Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety
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  Simulation to Readiness: Training That Actually Transfers | CMS Grand Rounds 19.06.2026 15min

  “There should be no more simulation programs. There should be READINESS programs.” Jenny Rudolph and Chris Roussin team up to show how simulation programs can make themselves essential to their larger organizations: https://harvardmedsim.org/blog/simulation-to-readiness-training-that-actually-translates This video podcast was originally presented as a keynote at SimGlobe 2026 in Bengaluru, India, as well as at the Beth Israel Lahey Simulation Symposium in Boston, Massachusetts. Listen & Subscribe: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 Readiness Planning Paper Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11667836/ Get your teams ready with CMS-ALPS: https://harvardmedsim.org/alps-applied-learning-for-performance-and-safety/ #simulation #readiness #healthcare
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  Mary Fey & Penni Watts: Getting Nursing Schools Ready for INACSL Endorsement | Dare to Be Ready #6 12.06.2026 21min

  n this special episode led by Mary Fey, Dr. Penni Watts, President of INACSL, joins us to discuss what we learned helping two nursing schools achieve INACSL endorsement, and how other nursing programs can get there! Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 Watch: https://www.youtube.com/medicalsimulation What does high-quality simulation look like in practice and how do nursing programs know they’re achieving it? Using the Center for Medical Simulation's recent work with the University of Maine System as a case study, Mary and Penni discuss how endorsement becomes less about recognition and more about creating a disciplined process for reflection, alignment, and improvement. For nursing leaders focused on competency-based education and workforce readiness, the conversation offers a practical perspective on building simulation programs that scale while maintaining quality. Topics include continuous improvement, faculty development, stronger partnerships with clinical organizations, and moving simulation from isolated events into an intentional curriculum that better prepares learners for practice. ALPS for Health Professions Schools: https://harvardmedsim.org/alps-applied-learning-for-performance-and-safety/ Full episode transcript: https://harvardmedsim.org/blog/mary-fey-penni-watts-getting-nursing-schools-ready-for-inacsl-endorsement-dtbr-6/
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  Jenny Rudolph Meets the SSH Mindfulness SIG | Curious Now 42 05.06.2026 25min

  Esmira Yusufova, RN, Lucas Ferris, RN, and Julie Hartman from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare’s Mindfulness Special Interest Group join us to reflect on their recent tries at the workout of the week: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 The Mindfulness Group chose to work on Curious Now #9, “What Are You Listening For?” about different listening styles. The group discussed the challenges of breaking out of the mode of listening that you developed growing up—especially feeling shame about listening to respond and take your turn more than listening to truly understand the person who you are talking to. The group also came up with a mindfulness workout of the week as a follow-up for themselves and listeners. Workout of the week: Make yourself wait 10 seconds, not just after you ask a question, but after you receive an answer, in order to allow a second silence for other learners to jump in. Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety
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  How to Invite People In | Curious Now 41 29.05.2026 20min

  “Walk me through what your work looks like,” is one of the most powerful questions a leader can ask: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 By understanding how each worker accomplishes the tasks that they’ve been assigned, we can often spot weaknesses in the system that would not be evident from an assessment of each role in the team on its own. Workout of the week: Find a situation where you can claim leadership AND invite input. Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety
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  Making Work More Tolerable | Curious Now 40 22.05.2026 16min

  What does it mean when psych safety literature asks us to emphasize the purpose of the work as a leader? When we have psych safety, it can make the risks involved in making things better feel worth the effort: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 There are so many ordinary, even menial things we do every day, where if we can ferret out how they connect to our bigger values, or how they support the mission, they feel less draining and chore-like. Our colleagues in operating rooms improvement referred to these small, percentage improvements as “identifying and removing pebbles from your shoe,” and they add up into a significantly more comfortable workplace. Workout of the week: Identify and state the larger purpose of a seemingly trivial task. What is the big gear that this small gear is slowly turning? Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety
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  CMS Fellowship Stories: Dr. Hannah Lawn, New Zealand 15.05.2026 10min

  When Dr. Hannah Lawn returned home after completing a fellowship at Center for Medical Simulation, colleagues asked a simple question: How did the experience change you? “It’s changed my career,” she said. “I honestly feel like a different doctor since returning from my fellowship.” https://harvardmedsim.org/simulation-fellowship-and-international-scholars-program/
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  Psych Safety for Leaders | Curious Now 39 08.05.2026 24min

  Moving our series on psych safety to the team level: how do we set expectations regarding things like reporting mistakes, managing uncertainty, or how we’re going to depend on one another? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 As a leader, we’re in charge of setting standards for issues like, whose voice gets heard in meetings? Who gets to decide when we’re done talking about a topic, and are going to move on? You can see how this is incredibly relevant on the floor or in the unit. The standard of prioritizing what we get to spend time on -- and what we don’t -- can be an unspoken, but fundamental part of the culture of our team. We can also test whether our current dynamic is working through a simple paradigm: if it doesn’t feel socially comfortable to name how decisions are made in the current system out loud, then the current process probably can’t stand up to critique and needs to be changed. Workout of the Week: State aloud, in a meeting, what the decision process for a decision being made is going to be. Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #leadership
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  Psych Safety: Boundaries & the Cost of Growth | Curious Now 38 30.04.2026 22min

  Psych Safety: Boundaries and the Cost of Growth | Curious Now 38 Why are we talking about boundaries in a series on psych safety? When we can’t hold consistent standards for ourselves and what we will tolerate, that unpredictability begins to undermine our team’s feelings of safety: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 As we start to change ourselves and the way we interact with people and systems around us, we will often encounter what psychologist Harriet Lerner called “change-back reactions,” with the people we were in some sort of set pattern with acting out or demanding we go back to how we were before. How can we maintain a center of calm and confidence, and know that changing is the right thing to do? Workout of the Week: Identify a safe modest test where you can experiment with setting a boundary. Pick an area where you are prepared to withstand any change-back reactions you encounter. Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety
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  Psych Safety: The Tradeoffs of Staying Silent | Curious Now 37 24.04.2026 25min

  Where’s the line between requests and boundaries that we’re comfortable making, and ones that seem impossible to set? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 How do we recognize the trade-offs we are called to make when we are considering setting a boundary about what we will and won’t do? The reason we think about this in the context of psychological safety is that losing track of these boundaries can create an underlying emotional volatility—where we go along to get along until it’s too late and then bubble over or explode. In duos, the consequence to psych safety is not just a loss of our own feelings of safety, but the fact that our teammates can’t trust us to tell them when there’s a problem, which degrades their safety as well. Workout of the Week: Notice and name tradeoffs that are coming up for you—when setting a boundary, granting a request, or making a compromise. Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #climbing
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  Psych Safety in Duos: Seeing & Being Seen | Curious Now 36 17.04.2026 17min

  How do we offer the kind of connection our teammates need to strengthen psychological safety in our teams, especially in duos? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 In the still-face experiment, not receiving the kind of mirroring or attention that infants expected led to rapid deregulation of emotion. We see similar types of emotional deregulation when adults are not seen and heard the way they expect to be by their teammates. Our teammates’ bids for connection can come in many forms, and they can also be deeply unskilled—whether through argument, complaint, or passive aggression. How can we hear what’s being asked for, especially if the request lands unpleasantly on us? Workout of the week: Catch moments where connection is being sought, and offer it. This can be checking in on a weak social signal, or understanding when someone is making an unskilled bid for connection and treating them generously with your attention or patience. Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #climbing
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  Developing an AI Tool that Gets Teams Ready | DTBR #5 10.04.2026 26min

  A clinical situation involving a violent patient led Dr. Henrique Arantes and team at Hospital Universitário Sagrada Família in Araguari, Brazil to examine whether it would be possible to use AI to quickly design an effective readiness plan around de-escalating violent patients in conjunction with a new safety protocol in their hospital: https://www.harvardmedsim.org/blog/ an-easy-free-ai-tool-that-gets-your-teams-ready This gap, with a lot of risk to provider safety and morale, led to his creation of the first draft of a Readiness Planning Tool, which was refined with the help of the CMS-ALPS Senior Director Chris Roussin. Now deployed in CMS affiliate programs across multiple hospitals, health systems, and countries, the tool allows teams to create context, refine goals, and implement best practice trainings much faster in response to hospital needs and sentinel events. On the Dare to Be Ready Podcast from the Center for Medical Simulation, Henrique, Chris, and CMS Assistant Director of Instructional Design James Lipshaw give a step-by-step walkthrough showing how to use AI tools effectively to partner with people around what they actually need, rather than imposing solutions from the top down. This podcast episode is available to watch on Youtube or to listen on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Youtube: https://youtube.com/medicalsimulation/ Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 Access the Readiness Planner App: https://gemini.google.com/gem/1Pajk5Ayc6gMeg9-XsKpMZgSsAEx9AAGX?usp=sharing How to use the tool: In order to use the tool, you will need a Google account and to agree to the Google Gemini terms of service. When you open the tool for the first time, it will appear to be the standard blank Google Gemini screen. Type in anything (“hi”) and hit enter and the actual Readiness Planning tool will launch. #healthcareai #aiinhealthcare #clinicaltraining #medicine #nursing
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  The First Step of Psychological Self-Rescue (with Hans Florine) | Curious Now 35 03.04.2026 26min

  When we make a mistake and get into psychologically unsafe territory, how do we recover quickly, especially when the consequences of freezing are so high?: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 Hans Florine, a renowned name in the world of rock climbing, joins us to discuss a particularly difficult recovery from an error: having to descend El Capitan with a broken right heel and a left tib/fib fracture eight hours into a climb up the mountainside. In extreme physical and mental pain, and with the consequences of any additional errors being potentially life threatening, how do you take the steps to rescue yourself from a difficult situation? Workout of the Week: In a moment where you feel stuck, frozen, frightened, overwhelmed, find and do the one thing you can to stabilize yourself. Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ More from Hans Florine, including his book On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite’s Most Iconic Climb: www.hansflorine.com #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #climbing
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  Are You Psychologically Safe? | Curious Now 34 27.03.2026 15min

  Are You Psychologically Safe? | Curious Now 34 What are the nature of the moments where our feelings of safety in a role evaporate, and we suddenly find ourselves feeling very exposed?: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822 There are moments when our perceptions of being able to do the task in front of us drain away, the floor drops out, and you have the thought, ‘I could really make a fool of myself here,’ or “I could really hurt someone if I mess up.’ Autonomic nervous system reactions take place, and we experience what organizational behaviorists call ‘threat rigidity.’ We tend to be more controlling, less collaborative, and less exploratory. Workout of the Week: Detect the moments where you are feeling unsafe, and see what physiological, psychological, and other responses are happening for you. What is the quality of those feelings of unsafety? Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/ #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing