Nordic Rebels is an open movement bringing together people who want to create meaningful learning experiences. These methods have been tested in Aalto University's multidisciplinary IDBM graduate program, and they can be utilized in any type of organization.

1. Nordic Rebels
Methods 1 / Beta
Tools and processes
for boosting teamwork
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2. Nordic Rebels Methods 1/ Beta
TEAM
Exercises to
discover your and
your team’s
strengths and
skills
FUNDAMENTALS
Translating
relevant theories
into actionable
exercises that
boost teamwork
TOOLS
Supporting
team’s goals and
objectives
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3. 6 methods for boosting teamwork
TEAM
01: Personal
goal setting
02: Team roles
& Skills mapping
03: Team contract
04: Failure CV
FUNDAMENTALS
05: Cooking
slam
TOOLS
06: Scanning
cards
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4. SETTING THE SCENE
01: Personal Goal Setting
WHY
– Awareness and Self-reflection
– Explicit communication within a team
– Mental Support for ambiguous moments
WHAT
– Simple paper form to capture personal goals
& motivations / intentions
HOW
– Self-evaluation and team discussion
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5. 01: PERSONAL GOAL SETTING
How to map your personal goals
● Download the Personal Goal Setting file here.
● Individually, take your time to fill the paper.
● Discuss your decisions with your group.
What are your priorities? Do you align or differ in your aims? ...
… everything goes! Take your time – up to 1 hour with a team of four.
● Revisit your Personal Goal Setting at least
once at mid-term of your project and at the end.
Have your goals changed over time? Be kind to yourself and each other. :)
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6. What does need to create a well functioning team?
Tackling that question, Meredith Belbin had identified
9 key roles, which team members should cover to ensure
effective self-management and team dynamics.
Some of the roles are compatible, which allows to cluster
them into 3 themes (social, thinking, action). Each theme is
crucial for a well functioning team.
The Nordic Rebels have merged Belblin’s theory with some
hands-on methods to strengthen your team!
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SETTING THE SCENE
02: Team Roles & Skills Mapping

7. SETTING THE SCENE
02: Team Roles & Skills Mapping
WHY
– Awareness & Roles
– Speak up & reflect
– Foster team dynamics & communication
WHAT
– Belbin’s 3 and 9 types (fundament)
– Self-evaluation & map > reflection from individual to group
HOW
– Self-evaluation and hands-on workshop
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8. 02: TEAM ROLES & SKILLS MAPPING
How to identify your roles
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● Download the method set here.
● Individually, read the paper of Belblin’s 9 team roles.
● Take 3 mini post-its and vote for your most likely 3 roles of
Belblin’s roles. (You may locate several posti-ts to one role)
● Discuss your choices with your group and place your
Post-it on the Belbin-Skills Canvas.
● Discuss with your team the roles.
Are all 3 themes covered in the team? If not, how do we solve these lacks?

9. 02: TEAM ROLES & SKILLS MAPPING
How to map your skills
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● Each team member, take your own skills mapping paper
and place 2 - 3 post-its on each of the four question fields.
As a group, you may color-code the questions, choosing
different colored post-its for each field.
● Individually, take your time to fill the post-its.
● Share your notes on the Belblin-Skills-Canvas and
discuss the post-its with your team.
Are there hidden superpowers in your team? Does the team has a strengths
or weakness, which should be considered during the project? ...

10. SETTING THE SCENE
03: Team Contract
WHY
– Awareness of different perceptions and standards
– Identify possible pain points and opportunities
– Set expectations and team principles
– Speak up & with focus & reflect
WHAT
– Simple paper form team contract
HOW
– Team discussion & agreements
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11. 03: TEAM CONTRACT
How to set your team contract
● Download the Team Contract template here.
● Take at least 1 hour with your team to discuss the
Team Contract and formulise agreements.
● Revisit the Team Contract at least once at
mid-term of your project and at the end.
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12. Tina Seelig form Stanford university has introduced the
Failure Résumé .
“...a résumé that summarizes all their biggest screw ups — personal,
professional, and academic. For every failure, each student must describe what
he or she learned from that experience. “ https://stvp.stanford.edu/blog/tag/resume
Nordic Rebels extended the method and ask you
to visualise your failures instead of writing about them.
SETTING THE SCENE
04: Failure CV
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13. SETTING THE SCENE
04: Failure CV
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WHY
– Because sharing failures helps us learn and create
strong bonds!
WHAT
– Drawing visual failures: private, professional, academic
– anything goes!
HOW
– One failure per sheet of paper, take turns sharing your
failures with your team

14. 04: FAILURE CV
How it works
PRIVATE
PRO-
FESSIONAL
ACADEMIC
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● Individually, take three papers. Draw on
each paper one meaningful failure: How
did you fail? What did you learn from it?
● Private, academic or professional failures
– anything goes!
● In your team, take turns to share your
visual stories one by one

15. FUNDAMENTALS
05: Cooking Slam
Do you know, how most entrepreneurs strategize, asking
themselves “What to do next?”
Effectuation theory explains exactly that in a traceable,
theoretic process. If you haven’t heard about it yet, visit:
effectuation.org
The following method translates the effectuation process
into an actual cooking process, proving all it needs for a
Cooking Slam... Check it out! :)
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16. WHY
– Understanding the process of Effectuation Theory
in the contact of cooking and strategizing.
– Team building & simply enjoying a fun time together
WHAT
– A hands-on cooking event and time to reflect on the theory
HOW
– Download the cooking progress here and check out the
next card...
FUNDAMENTALS
05: Cooking Slam
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17. ● If you haven’t done jet – download the cooking progress here.
● Buy enough groceries and compose those into challenging sets for each team.
Reserve some exotic groceries for the “opportunity table”. The teams must pick
at least one risky grocery from that table when creating their dish.
● Time to start cooking! Form teams of max. 5 people. May draw the teams by lot.
● Following to the downloaded cooking progress, create your dishes within a set
time frame (e.g. 1 ½ h). One team may prepare an enrté, one a main course, …
● Present your dishes and the risk you have taken.
● Gather your culinary creations & enjoy! :)
● ...Reflect on the cooking progress and compare it with the effectuation theory.
05: COOKING SLAM
How to master a Cooking Slam
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18. WHY
– Because teams rarely think about the future and how it
influences activities today
WHAT
– A stepwise process for creating actionable futures based on
The Next Era project
HOW
– Six phases that guide your team to create future scenarios
CREATING ACTIONABLE FUTURE SCENARIOS
06: Scanning Cards
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19. ● Each deck comes with stepwise instructions
● Some of the cards can be changed to customize the deck
for your needs
● Emphasis not on creating accurate scenarios, but to make
the participants more prepared for the future
● Download the cards here and check out the tutorial
06: SCANNING CARDS
How to use the cards?
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20. Nordic Rebels Methods / Beta
Nordic Rebels is an open movement bringing
together people who want to create meaningful
learning experiences.
These methods have been tested in Aalto University’s
multidisciplinary IDBM graduate program, and they
can be utilized in any type of organization.
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21. Bend your skills!
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Miikka J. Lehtonen
Visiting Assistant Professor, Aalto University
mantaray@nordicrebels.com
@miikkalehtonen
Theresa Berg
Service Designer
turtle.t@nordicrebels.com
S. Katharina Schilli
Innovation Management & Education Design
koala.k@nordicrebels.com