It’s said that there’s strength in numbers, that a group will always be able to accomplish what an individual cannot, but have you wondered why many group decisions often lead to the most dire economic, political, or financial catastrophes in the modern world?
22. Many teams fail because members become isolated
and inward-looking
23. Make sure that your team is always aware of how external
factors can affect the work plan or work flow
24. Remedy: A pre-mortem is a form of “ritualized dissent,” in which
individual members are asked to visualize the project as having
already failed, analyze why, and come up with solutions
27. Because the time your best people spend talking, planning,
and brainstorming is time they spend NOT executing
28. Remedy: Make sure your meetings begin and end on time.
Meetings held standing up instead of sitting down are also found
to be 34% shorter on average
29. So if your team has been making you want to call in sick