Mind Map of the Five Dysfunctions of a Team

This is part 4 of a 5 part afternoon series depicting the mind maps that I have created on the books of Patrick Lencioni. His website and company, The Table Group offers additional information on these subjects. This mind map was constructed during the listening of the book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Read More …

Virtual Organizations will change the Org chart

It may take a while to get there but the organizations that start making the change to “Virtual-ality” will have the best talent and a hidden asset, better ways to communicate with your customer. Dorian Selz’s companies are great examples of what could be deemed virtual organizations. Flat hierarchies, less management, geographically dispersed teams are Read More …

Cisco’s Teamwork and Collaboration

Cisco CEO John Chambers explains how abandoning command-and-control leadership has enabled the company to innovate more quickly, using collaboration and teamwork. An excellent representation of? how to implement teamwork and collaboration while still reaping the effectiveness and efficiency. Some of Cisco’s best practices were studied by NASA and here are a few of the recommendations Read More …

What is a great Team?

In a recent Business901 Podcast, Transforming Ordinary Teams to Extraordinary, Geoff Bellman co-author of Extraordinary Groups: How Ordinary Teams Achieve Amazing Results discussed what makes a great team.  Geoff discussed the 8 points that they found common in those teams and how you can use them to improve your chances of creating a extraordinary team. Read More …

Reducing Muda for Others with Kaizen

Kaizen is about involving employees to get them not only the way to do work but to help improve the way others do their work. The Friday Video Series continues with Dr. Michael Balle, the Gemba Coach at the Lean Enterprise Institute. This series of videos continues with a central theme of Kaizen. Dr. Balle Read More …

Building a team & Who they Chose

Central is a Research, Design & Development firm based in Sausalito, just over the Golden Gate bridge from San Francisco. They use the design process to tackle complex problems and help transform the way organizations, people and networks look at systems design. These two videos of 20 videos are part of a process they used Read More …