How to ensure an endless supply of ideas

How to ensure an endless supply of ideas

“Chance favours the connected mind” I saw this quote from author Steven Johnson. It whirred around for ages and has just stuck with me. But what does it mean? Johnson was talking about ideas and how they usually develop over time and as part of a social process. So...
What makes a great team player?

What makes a great team player?

What is a ‘team player’? What do they actually do? Are they worth seeking out? And how might you recognise one in the wild? Let’s try and answer these questions in the next 3 minutes. Do a simple web search and you’ll quickly find a truckload of articles with headings...
A silo-busting manifesto

A silo-busting manifesto

Silo-ed working. When functions, divisions or departments work in their own worlds, not freely sharing or collaborating with colleagues in other parts of the business. It seems to have been a major problem for ever. Unintended cultures quickly form around working...
How to make better team decisions

How to make better team decisions

How do you make decisions in your team? Do you have defined approaches for decision-making? How do you deal with deadlock? How happy are you with the quality of decisions made? In my role as a Team Performance Coach, right at the beginning of working with a team, I’ll...
TOOL: Consent-based decision-making for teams

TOOL: Consent-based decision-making for teams

I have adapted a blog by Gustavo Razzetti on fearlessculture.design for this article. I came across this approach recently and introduced it to a couple of teams, for whom it’s become game-changing. Sometimes teams get stuck when trying to make decisions....