Team dynamics, PERILL, team resilience, co-coaching, teams of teams
Daniel Ofman’s Core Qualities model seeks to explain how people react to each other in terms of the ways in which they demonstrate tendencies towards core qualities – natural ways of thinking and behaving that are innate to the person (not learned behaviours). They can be viewed as characteristics that are part of a person’s...
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Feedback loops are an intrinsic part of all but the simplest systems. They inform how we respond to stimuli by adjusting behaviour. They can be reinforcing or balancing. Reinforcing feedback loops confirm what we already know or do and typically result in our continuing as before. Balancing feedback loops tell us when an action has...
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Both individuals and teams often find it hard to focus on the future. We are just too busy in the present. What we need is constant nudges and reminders – a bit like checking the map and looking to the horizon to check we are going in the right direction. A simple technique that helps...
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When a team is all aligned and coherent, we talk about “all singing from the same sheet”. It’s an apt metaphor, capturing the concepts of pace and flow, rhythm and attentive listening. Another metaphor that captures the way teams come together to release greater energy than would happen when they are working individually is “coming (more…)
The new technologies of brain-AI interfaces have profound implications for human society. Current technology using devices inserted to the inside of the skull allow paralysed people to manipulate objectives and even speak through AI-assisted machines. It’s already possible to capture frequently occurring patterns of neurons to make things happen, even before the person is aware of having made the choice or become consciously aware. And we are at a similar place in these technologies to where computing was when it took a whole room of components to do a fraction of what can now be done on a single mobile phone.
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Read More What happens when you can’t keep your thoughts to yourself?
The following questions aim to help teams and team members understand how energy ebbs and flows within and between them. The answers provide the basis for a dialogue on how to work with and enhance team energy, both collectively and individually.
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This technique aims to generate shared perceptions amongst team members with regard to customs, culture, purpose and other factors that impact how they interact with each other and stakeholders. It builds on a children’s game that creates cut-outs of animals out of body parts from other animals. So, a construct may have the head of a donkey, the neck of a giraffe, the tail of a monkey, the body of a hippo and the feet of a lion.
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Strategic thinking is both an art and a skill. It is more associated with individuals than with teams, but teams can build collective strategic thinking capability. This exercise combines strategic and systemic perspectives
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Read More Helping the team gain a more strategic perspective
Burnout is a phenomenon we usually associate with individuals. It’s typically the result of long-term stress caused by an inability to get on top of challenges, such as increasing or overwhelming workload. When everyone within a team is experiencing similar stresses, they amplify the problem. When the whole organisation is in the same situation, the stress notches up even further.
Burnout is a phenomenon we usually associate with individuals. It’s typically the result of long-term stress caused by an inability to get on top of challenges, such as increasing or overwhelming workload. When everyone within a team is experiencing similar stresses, they amplify the problem. When the whole organisation is in the same situation, the stress notches up even further.
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