Teamwork & Collaboration: The art and practice of multiple individuals or teams working together synergistically, leveraging diverse strengths and perspectives to achieve outcomes greater than what’s possible through individual effort alone. At its core, it requires building trust, fostering open communication, and maintaining shared accountability while working toward common goals. This dynamic process thrives in environments where team members actively share knowledge, ideas, and responsibilities, demonstrating respect for different viewpoints and a collective commitment to excellence. Through continuous learning, adaptive practices, and coordinated effort, teams can tackle complex challenges, drive innovation, and consistently deliver exceptional results that propel organizational success.
Now more than ever companies are exploring ways of measuring and visualizing how their teams are doing (KPI’s; ROV’s, NPS, etc.,)
The general idea being ya can’t improve what ya don’t measure. And without some sort of systemic approach with clear visualization – things would very much be a guessing game.
When surveyed, 80% of software developers reported they believed their skills were above average. Overestimating one’s desirable qualities relative to other people, is known as the Illusory Superiority Bias, aka the Lake Wobegon effect, one of many cognitive biases.
IMPROV IS NOT ABOUT BEING FUNNY, ORIGINAL, OR CHAOTIC. IT’S ABOUT EMBRACING CHANGE. Improvisation. The mere mention of the word makes many people quake with fear at the prospect of chaos and uncertainty. The fact is, though, human beings are improvising almost every minute of their lives it is more …
Oops, I messed up! Facilitating a group discussion got tricky, but then I remembered the “Note and Vote” technique. Discover how this structured approach can save your team’s decision-making process. 🗳️🤔 #Facilitation #Teamwork
If you are in transition to an Agile environment, I offer a handful of indispensable tools for dealing with such troublesome issues such as Self-Managing Teams and Gold-Owner questions
