Blog - Category: Teams

If you want to innovate, don't say so

"Innovation is not so much about having ideas as it is about making connections" Harold Jarche Last week I had the opportunity to facilitate a week-long "innovation sprint" for Agile 42, an international agile coaching company.  After recovering from my time spent facilitating 39 other facilitators (on my own!) I finally had time to reflect on […]
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Three lessons from a marshmallow

It's amazing how much one can learn from a simple game using a marshmallow and some spaghetti.  I first came across the so-called Marshmallow challenge when I discovered Tom Wujec's Ted talk.  I later also found his site where he generously shares detailed step-by-step instructions as well as presentations one can use as facilitation aids. In short, small groups […]
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Has management become a dirty word?

I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine yesterday about the perspective that "everyone is a leader" and what that says about management.  The debate around the difference between management and leadership is certainly not a new one, and it seems that everyone has a different definition for each of these concepts.  It […]
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A great metaphor for teamwork from Steve Jobs

In the same "lost" Steve Jobs interview I blogged about last week, he shares this anecdote as a metaphor for team work. "When I was a young kid there was a widowed man who lived up the street. He was in his eighties. He’s a little scary looking. And I got to know him a […]
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