What teams can learn from bees
Stumble It!Mike Gill, beekeeper at Bee Plus Ltd, writing in a short article, Have you ever been badly stung? shares two key facts about bees which are directly relevant to organisational teams.
First they swarm immensely quickly when put under threat - the terrifying 'black cloud'.
Secondly their sense of smell is about a million times better than ours.
Now just imagine how good your team would be if it could spot potential threats or opportunities earlier and swarm to address them quicker.
Not a million times better but just 2 or 3 times!
That is the vision for bioteams in a nutshell!
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Collaborative thinking: four key roles
In his unique book Dialogue and the art of thinking together William Issacs introduces the Four-Player System originally developed by David Kantor. This is a very important technique for supporting real collaborative thinking in teams.
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