The More Than Enough Podcast Working With Characters You Didn’t Choose: A conversation with Curt Thompson, MD
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Feb 10, 2026 
Curt Thompson, MD, psychiatrist, author, and trainer in interpersonal neurobiology and spiritual formation. He discusses working with diverse teams, how systems mirror family dynamics, the power of storytelling and vulnerability, naming griefs to free longings, and why formation of character matters more than metrics.
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Embrace Organizational Family Dynamics
- Curt Thompson compares Jesus gathering diverse disciples to how organizations naturally form families with different roles and hierarchies.
- He argues leaders should expect and steward difference rather than smooth it away to reflect human systemic patterns.
Vulnerability Rewrites Interpretations
- Hearing each other's vulnerable stories shifts internal maps and evokes mercy that changes how we interpret behavior.
- This vulnerability enables people to respond with empathy instead of resentment.
Ask For The Team's Work Story
- Ask team members to tell the story they believe about working in the group, focusing on feelings and relations, not life history.
- Use that shared narrative to surface who in the room triggers difficulty and why, then address it together.
