6Ps of
Processing Feedback

Framework. A comprehensive methodology for internalizing constructive feedback. It moves the recipient from emotional reaction to proactive ownership, ensuring that challenging insights are converted into growth.

The Internal Compass

The Emotional Anchor

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Poise & Perspective
Maintaining stability and seeing the feedback in the context of your broader evolution. This anchor prevents the negativity bias from taking over.

Result: Internal Poise.

The Actionable Path

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Percolate & Proceed
Allowing feedback to Sit (see: Feedback Compost) before moving to integration. This ensures that action is rooted in clarity rather than impulse.

Result: Strategic Growth.

Originally Coined in: Harvard Business Review

Managing the Negativity Bias

The **6Ps of Processing Feedback** were developed to navigate the psychological friction inherent in receiving negative feedback. While humans are biologically hardwired with a negativity bias, these six tools allow us to “spill light into the future,” turning a critique of the past into a roadmap for mastery.

1. Poise Quieting the mind and feeling the feelings that arise without letting them dictate the response.
2. Process Using logical filters, such as the **Feedback Decision Tree**, to categorize and evaluate the input.
3. Positionality Understanding the power dynamics and professional relationship between the giver and the receiver.
4. Percolate Allowing time for the feedback to sit and undergo transformation (see: **Feedback Compost**).
5. Proceed Making the conscious choice to move forward with integration or to intentionally discard the feedback.
6. Perspective Stepping back to observe how this specific piece of feedback fits into your long-term professional journey.

Tools for Empowerment

If you are struggling with challenging feedback, these tools serve as a reminder that you are in control of what happens next. By following the 6Ps, you take ownership of the narrative, converting raw data into the “fuel” necessary for sustainable creative fulfillment and professional excellence.