Jay Dixit is an award-winning science writer, journalist, and storytelling teacher whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Psychology Today, and The Best of Technology Writing. Jay is the founder of Storytelling.NYC, where he leads storytelling classes, writing workshops, and corporate training to companies in New York and across the country. As Senior Science Writer at the NeuroLeadership Institute, Jay specializes in the neuroscience of creativity, team performance, and diversity and inclusion.
Earlier this year, Microsoft surveyed its employees to find out what was and wasn’t working with the company’s performance culture. At the time, Microsoft employees were getting feedback through an online tool that used numerical ratings — and rarely included any actionable input.