Jessica HickmanThought Leader | TEDx Speaker | 2 x Author | Leadership

From Bystander to Upstander: Unraveling the 'Unconscious Zone' with @neonshed

Name: From Bystander to Upstander: Unraveling the 'Unconscious Zone' with @neonshed
Uploaded: 2023-09-20T15:46:11+00:00
Duration: 1 min 2 s
Channel: Jessica Hickman
Description: In this segment of her YouTube video, Jessica Hickman expands on the first of three "zones" where individuals become bystanders, which she calls the…

20 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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In this segment of her YouTube video, Jessica Hickman expands on the first of three "zones" where individuals become bystanders, which she calls the "unconscious zone." Drawing from her book, she explains that people in this zone are unaware of the harmful dynamics around them due to blind‑spot syndrome, personal mental‑health or burnout challenges, and long‑standing organizational cultures that normalize toxic language and outdated beliefs. These factors combine to keep individuals oblivious to the impact of their words and actions, allowing harmful practices to persist unnoticed.

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Yes, absolutely. And look, I, in my book, I unpack the 3 clear zones, um, where people fall into the bystander category. And, and I realize it isn't sometimes because we are conscious of what's happening. And the first, um, zone really is the unconscious zone. And through my research, I realized that sometimes people are oblivious or suffer blind spot syndrome to what is actually happening around them. That could, could be because they are suffering themselves, you know, got mental health issues or concerns, overwhelmed, burnt out, fatigued, or sometimes the culture that they've been enrolled into, whether they started with the organization, I don't know, 10, 20 years ago, and this was the culture from the subset, they could be actually unconscious that this culture is actually very damaging and toxic. So they could use words, language, and even, you know, share beliefs that can actually be really outdated and toxic and damaging to people within the organization.