Teamwork Lab: Improving our ways of working
Created Jun 23, 2021, Last active Nov 20, 2025
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Advice Most people make a lot of things more urgent than they need to be. It's important to remind your team that they're not always expected to do things right away. Clear co...
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Advice We all know the feeling of “FOMO” or fear of missing out when it comes to working. You may feel like your entire work will crumble without you steering every single thing on time and ...
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Advice Organizations must take Mental Health Safety just as seriously as physical safety and adopt a risk management approach by identifying Psychosocial Hazards in their workplace. When I talk...
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My tip for 2022 more effectively working with teams is to ensure that all members of the team have an opportunity on stage. That is ensure that each member has a chance to run your regular meetings. ...
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Do you have a coworker whose pet gets as much screen time on Zoom as they do? Tag them and their furry friends. We'd love to see them! 🐾
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Advice We cannot choose the emotions or feelings we are going to feel. But when we think we can know the reason and start dealing with it or try and go our way confidently. Relevance for today No ...
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The Lesson: With remote and hybrid work, we're all using different tools in different ways. Even if you've been working a certain way since the initial shift-to-remote in 2020, it's okay to raise y...
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Advice We can't always see what's going on in someone else's life, but we should assume that everyone is working toward the same goal with the best of intentions. Even if it appears that some...
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Advice Ensure psychological safety as broadly as possible, so that people/the team feel free to fail. Of course the important part is to learn from it. Incorporate fun with a Fail Wall...or the li...
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Advice It's hard to say "no." Especially in a work setting. Years of conditioning have led us to struggle with an irrational fear of disappointing our boss or co-workers. "Can you jump on a q...
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Advice Whether you are a manager of people, or the managed, you need to seek opportunity for elevating your skills and value to remain relevant and in growth mode. Relevancy for today Wit...
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Advice Creat confluence page for every topic or concept that you work on the day to day basis or the work you find repetitive and also which you find interesting while you are working on something ...
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Advice When you have a thorough understanding of any concept and you are sure of in and outs, I assist you not to backup from any advice you need to give your teammates and this will surely help th...
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Advice What I'm about to point out is everyone has their way of working and achieving the goal or given set of tasks. The only focus should be whether the logic is right and how efficient the solut...
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Advice You choose your teammates/coworkers as much as you choose your family. Not at all. But what we can choose is to make the most of it. Be yourself, be compassionate, and be present. Assume posi...
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Advice Albert Einstein said, “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change." Now more than ever, we need to build teams that don't just tolerate change, they love it. And we need to support...
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Remote work and WFH isn't going away. If you haven't adapted, now it's the right time to do it! Act now! -- For years I've been a big fan of co-located teams and loved going to the office. ...
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Advice Think It through, Get It Done, Be Nice, Have Fun i.e. Ideas need to team buy in and contribution, and then delivered as a team In doing so, be respectful, and ensure everyone enjoys working...
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Advice When we join new companies (new departments, teams, office locations), we often bring curiosity in a way that might challenge the status quo. However, it is that "newness" that adds growth a...
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Winner update: Thank you to all of the participants. Just looking at the sentiment behind the comments and number of pageviews from folks who didn't even comment, I'm heartened by how many people ...
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I am hoping that the collective conscious and experience of this group will help me with a long term dilemma that I have been struggling with. And no, I am not referring to the struggle over the corr...
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We often talk about the rituals (like standups, retros, health monitors, icebreakers, etc) put in place to improve collaboration. We don’t (as often) discuss practices that don’t require recurring ...
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Hello! I want to learn more about advance plans, but I didn´t found enough information. Some of you could recommend some books, videos or a course.
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Have you ever watched a video and analyzed a level of teamwork? Examples: "Well, the reason the heist didn't work is because they didn't have clear roles and responsibilities. Of course they forg...
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It's the end of the year. Let's take a look back and share the most interesting or unique practices we've seen companies or teams try. Maybe it'll spark inspiration for our members :) Bonus po...
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Description
Greetings, Changemakers, Welcome to the Teamwork Lab! From individual teams to entire companies, people have shared beliefs, rituals, and operating principles. It is these human engagements that make up the magic behind memorable, successful teams. This group gets that. We are leaders of the humanity in teamwork. We seek to improve our teams, our companies, and ourselves, coaching each other and sharing lessons learned.
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