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Giving Feedback at Work: Why Handwritten Notes Still Matter
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What changes when you slow down and write feedback by hand?
In this episode of The Management Minute, Dr. Donita Brown explores why handwritten feedback can still have a place in a workplace increasingly shaped by speed, technology, and AI.
After asking a classroom of students to complete peer feedback with pen and paper, Dr. Brown began thinking about what happens when we intentionally slow down the process of giving feedback. Research on handwriting suggests that writing by hand engages the brain differently than typing, although researchers continue to debate what those…
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