AI is not the answer for team collaboration
Team collaboration is people talking to each other. Generative AI can speed up some aspects of individual work, but that has never been the part… Read More »AI is not the answer for team collaboration
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Use the Diverge Converge Shuffle
Slow down your steps in decision making for more impact. Teams make decisions all of the time. Being more conscious of this, allows the team… Read More »Use the Diverge Converge Shuffle
Using Lego Serious Play
Using childhood toys for thinking sessions. My old blog had content about Lego Serious Play, and a conversation with someone reminded me that it was… Read More »Using Lego Serious Play
Build patience within the team
You need to talk and listen to build a shared vision in collaboration It is good to talk. By talking and listening we explore and… Read More »Build patience within the team
Do the work together for the win
Working meetings are useful too Instead of a planning meeting, you might need a working meeting. Plan to meet and do the work together, then… Read More »Do the work together for the win
The Team Collaboration Canvas
Use a canvas to organise your collaboration. Most teams discuss their goals, and the work they want to do to achieve those goals. Fewer teams… Read More »The Team Collaboration Canvas
Teach people how to do quality work
Quality over quantity all the time in software. The tortoise beats the hare in the famous race. Zooming ahead and then going back to fix… Read More »Teach people how to do quality work
Doing beats reading
Praxis over theory any day. You don’t expect someone to learn to play piano perfectly if they only read about playing the piano. They need… Read More »Doing beats reading
Adjusting student teams
Moving new people onto teams needs patience. Two people mentioned something the other day, which made me realise I’d not mentioned adjusting student teams. It… Read More »Adjusting student teams
Teaching team collaboration is challenging
Teaching people that team wins are individual wins is hard. Many kids in the UK grow up belonging to a ‘house’ at their high school.… Read More »Teaching team collaboration is challenging