Tuesday, May 01, 2012
" TEAMING " by Amy Edmondson
In today's complex and volatile business environment, corporations and organisations also win or lose by creating wholes that are greater than the sum of their parts. Intense competition, rampant unpredictability, and a constant need for innovation are giving rise to even greater interdependence and, thus, demand even greater levels of collaboration and communication than ever before.
Teaming is essential to an organisation's ability to respond to opportunities and to improve internal processes. Teaming is a verb ! It is a dynamic activity not bounded, static entity. It's largely determined by the mindset and practices of team work. not by the design and structures of effective teams.
Teaming is a teamwork on the fly. It involved coordinating and collaborating without the benefit of stable team structures, because , many operations like hospitals, power plants and military installations require a level of staffing flexibility that makes stable team composition rare !
In growing number of organisations, the constant shifting of work means that, many teams disband almost as soon as they have been formed.
You could be working on one team right now, but in a few days, or even in a few minutes, you , may be on another team.
Fast-moving work environments need people who know how to team, people who have the skills and the flexibility to act in moments of potential collaboration when and where they appear !
From " The Importance of Teaming " by Amy Edmondson.
This book rating got 5 star rating on Amazon. The link is here ! TEAMING
Here is the preface on amazon.
New breakthrough thinking in organizational learning, leadership, and change
Teaming is essential to an organisation's ability to respond to opportunities and to improve internal processes. Teaming is a verb ! It is a dynamic activity not bounded, static entity. It's largely determined by the mindset and practices of team work. not by the design and structures of effective teams.
Teaming is a teamwork on the fly. It involved coordinating and collaborating without the benefit of stable team structures, because , many operations like hospitals, power plants and military installations require a level of staffing flexibility that makes stable team composition rare !
In growing number of organisations, the constant shifting of work means that, many teams disband almost as soon as they have been formed.
You could be working on one team right now, but in a few days, or even in a few minutes, you , may be on another team.
Fast-moving work environments need people who know how to team, people who have the skills and the flexibility to act in moments of potential collaboration when and where they appear !
From " The Importance of Teaming " by Amy Edmondson.
This book rating got 5 star rating on Amazon. The link is here ! TEAMING
Here is the preface on amazon.
New breakthrough thinking in organizational learning, leadership, and change
Continuous
improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting innovation
are all part of the landscape of learning challenges today's companies
face.
Amy Edmondson shows that organizations thrive, or fail to thrive,
based on how well the small groups within those organizations work.
In
most organizations, the work that produces value for customers is
carried out by teams, and increasingly, by flexible team-like entities.
The pace of change and the fluidity of most work structures means that
it's not really about creating effective teams anymore, but instead
about leading effective teaming.
Teaming shows that
organizations learn when the flexible, fluid collaborations they
encompass are able to learn. The problem is teams, and other dynamic
groups, don't learn naturally.
Edmondson outlines the factors that
prevent them from doing so, such as interpersonal fear, irrational
beliefs about failure, groupthink, problematic power dynamics, and
information hoarding.
With Teaming, leaders can shape these
factors by encouraging reflection, creating psychological safety, and
overcoming defensive interpersonal dynamics that inhibit the sharing of
ideas. Further, they can use practical management strategies to help
organizations realize the benefits inherent in both success and failure.
