On teams that work well together, and raising happy, resilient children (and adults).
| 🎧 | How to design teams that don’t suck |
| 📖 | The Whole Brain Child |
Listening to 🎧
How to design teams that don’t suck (podcast episode)
Jess: This episode (38min) of WorkLife proposed that the best teams in the workplace have a few qualities:
- Ideally all team members are ‘launched’ at the same time, with the most benefits coming from shared experience (rather than individual member skills)
- Given a clear vision and purpose, maybe including a common enemy!
- Encouraged to discuss their communication needs and how they’ll work together
- Problems are resolved at a team level where possible, rather than individual coaching
Reading 📖
The Whole Brain Child (book)
Jess: It’s funny how everything I’m learning about parenting seems just as relevant to adults. In today’s example, The Whole Brain Child outlines 12 science-based strategies to raise a happy, resilient child.
My takeaways so far:
- Conflict and sadness are unavoidable
- Rather than try to distract from difficult emotions, normalise and allow them to exist
- Every conflict is an opportunity to connect and repair
- Often our body can help us regulate our emotions
Honestly, taking all of this advice for myself.
