Gritting it Out on the Race From Hell
Pulling into the aid station at the half-way point of my first (and so far only) half-marathon – my legs exploding in pain – I know I’m in big trouble. Me: “If this was just a training run instead of a race, I’d definitely stop right now.” Girlfriend: “Geez, that sounds tough. On a scale […]
The Four Traits of Warrior Teamwork
If you had to pick four traits for your work team to embody, what would they be? Collaboration, perhaps? Cooperation? Communication? Surprisingly, when Steve Kerr addressed his group of 14 men before a morning meeting this week, he omitted many of the traditional team characteristics, instead focusing on 4 unconventional behaviors: joy, mindfulness, compassion and […]
Unconventional Guides
Hi All, Here’s a list of Chris Guillebeau’s products at Unconventional Guides. They’re all great! After reading one of his guides to “travel hacking”, I earned 180,000+ frequent flyer miles in just 6 months — and bumped myself up to Premier Elite status! If you’ve ever dreamed of traveling […]
Hold Onto Your Saxophone
There’s a great scene in the movie Bird (1988), Clint Eastwood’s biopic of famed jazz man Charlie Parker, in which a young musician goes to a club to hear Parker play. Bird (as Parker was called) is so naturally gifted that the musician in the audience leaves the club in despair, walks directly to a […]
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Team Trust
How to Create Unstoppable TRUST in Your Teams at Work –A blab chat with Dave Blum and guests…
Gridlock at the Plaza
When does the puppet-master become the puppet? Not that often, probably, but that’s exactly what happened to me last month at the annual NASAGA conference. (NASAGA, by the way, stands for the North American Simulation and Gaming Association — a “network of professionals dedicated to the design, implementation, and evaluation of games and simulations […]
6 secrets for Transforming Your Team into a “Community”
All worthwhile endeavors start with a question. In a 1962 speech at Rice University, John F. Kennedy famously asked: “But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? … We choose to go to the […]
Debriefing Training Activities the ORID Way
When I first started my treasure hunt company, Dr. Clue, in 1995, I had two directions I could take it. I could either walk down the path of creating the most entertaining recreation activity in the business, OR I could concentrate on harvesting deep learning from the exercise. By and large, I chose the latter […]