<aside> 💡 There is some really interesting research out there on teamwork. Harvard, Google and MIT have all sought to answer the question ‘what makes a great team’. Their findings, below, are remarkably similar and absolutely fascinating.
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Amy Edmondson, professor at Harvard Business School, first identified the concept of psychological safety in work teams in 1999. Since then, she has observed how companies with a trusting workplace perform better. Psychological safety isn’t about being nice, it’s about giving candid feedback, openly admitting mistakes, and learning from each other.
The team is the molecular unit where real production happens, where innovative ideas are conceived and tested, and where employees experience most of their work. But it’s also where interpersonal issues, ill-suited skill sets, and unclear group goals can hinder productivity and cause friction. In this research, Google researchers tackled the question: “What makes a team effective?”
**MIT’s research** 📖
In a fascinating study of collective intelligence, a team of MIT researchers analyzed groups that proved exceptionally effective at creative problem-solving. Their goal was to identify the salient features that made some teams much better than others.
MIT’s research is also shared in this wonderful TED Talk by Margaret Heffernan:
https://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_heffernan_forget_the_pecking_order_at_work?language=en
Animated core messages from Patrick Lencioni's book 'The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro0NBgHo_a8&list=PL38v62je9cXbxHcw4XNXuQ5eD47q4FXpE&index=7&ab_channel=ProductivityGame
Credit to https://www.lizandmollie.com/ for their wonderful images.
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