Crazy Might Work
Issue #15 | July 2023
“If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.”
– Erika Jong
The Secrets of High Performing Teams Series – Part Two
Why do some teams achieve the extraordinary goals under extreme conditions and constraints whilst others fail, even when well-resourced and highly trained? In our series on high-performing teams, we pull out some of the less obvious threads, with reference to three exceptional teams.
Our second story in this series is set in 2018.when a collaborative team of cave divers succeeded in rescuing 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Chiang Rai province of Thailand over 9 days, most of it in darkness. What was most impressive about this effort, was that it was pulled off by a hybrid, rapidly-assembled team using highly innovative methods to respond to a once-in-a-lifetime set of circumstances. In so doing, they demonstrate a behaviour that is also responsible for the extraordinary success of NASA teams.
Read the full article here.
NASA 4-Dimensional Program
The 4-D program used by NASA, equips teams with the context-shifting tools for high performance, eliminating the need for Tuckman’s ‘forming, storming, norming and performing’ phases (and the associated drama). The public program consists of 8 weekly sessions, running from 12:00pm to 1:30pm (AEST) on consecutive Thursdays.
Join our virtual NASA 4-D Program starting on 7 September 2023, or contact us for in-house options.
Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters
Jeremy Utley is a world-leading expert in creativity and co-author of Ideaflow. In this interview, he tells us what Ideaflow is, and why it is the only business metric that matters.
He is also a director of executive education at Stanford’s d.school and an adjunct professor at Stanford’s School of Engineering.