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EPISODE #017: COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE IN TEAMS | SPECIAL GUESTS: DR. ANITA WILLIAMS WOOLEY AND PRANAV GUPTA

This episode is the first in a series inviting researchers onto the podcast to share their leading edge work that is advancing our understanding of teams and team effectiveness. In this episode show hosts Ruth Wageman and Krister Lowe interview Dr. Anita Williams Woolley and Pranav Gupta on the subject of collective intelligence in collaboration and teams. Anita Williams Wooley is an Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business an organizational psychologist who studies collective intelligence and collaboration in groups and teams. Pranav Gupta is a PhD Student in Organizational Behavior at Carnegie Mellon whose research focuses on understanding the emergence of intelligent behavior in digitally-augmented teams. 

Some themes explored in the episode include:

• Anita’s work with Richard Hackman on action-based research in the intelligence community following 9-11 that led to her interest in collective intelligence
• Pranav’s background building robots and software and the challenge of getting people to collaborate effectively and how this led to his interest in the “design of social systems.”
• Defining “collective intelligence”
• Team composition and collective intelligence: the role of “social perceptiveness” and “collaboration behaviors”
• Theory of mind in teams
• Diversity (gender, ethnic, cognitive, age) in teams and the role of coaching interventions
• Change in environments and adaptiveness in teams: trade offs in the functions of reasoning, attention and memory
• The role of team coaching and key task processes in fostering collective intelligence
• The role of technology and AI to augment team processes
• Is AI acting as a coach, manager, or team member in teams?
• The relative influence of composition and key task processes in collective intelligence
• Overcoming the lack of ideal composition in teams

Learn more about Anita and Pranav:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-williams-woolley-1443a84/
• anitawoolley.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptapranav1/ and
• pranavgupta.org

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6 Conditions Podcast Episode 016: Team Leadership & Team Effectiveness in a Covid19 Respiration Clinic: Special Guest Janice John, Cambridge Health Alliance

This episode continues a series focusing on practitioner, organizational and team leader perspectives on applying the 6 Team Conditions framework and Team Diagnostic Survey in real world settings.  In this episode show hosts Ruth Wageman and Krister Lowe interview Janice John--MHCDS, MHS, PA-C, Medical Director at Cambridge Health Alliance--on her experiences standing up a Covid19 Respiration Unit.  

In her current role as Medical Director Janice built and led a team of 15 clinicians to create an outpatient clinic to care for patients at high risk for and from COVID-19 in Middlesex County MA, and become a model of excellence and learning for outpatient COVID-19 care. Janice and her team created clinical guidelines used by many health systems, including the development of the UpToDate chapter for outpatient adult care for COVID-19. The team’s core focus has been to increase access to communities impacted by systemic racism, build trust and decrease stigma. Learn more about Janice: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janice-john-mhcds-mhs-pa-c-8b854663/

Some themes explored in the episode include: 

• Rapid team formation
• Starting small, prototyping and scaling
• Purpose and urgency in teams
• Pausing and relaunching teams to foster sustainability
• Team coaching in weekly :45 minute sessions
• Technical expertise and team leadership
• Importance of spaces for reflection in action
• Team cadences and rhythms
• Complexity and emergent learning and performance
• Challenges and insights as a team leader
• Complex adaptive systems
• Grappling with structural racism

6 CONDITIONS #007: THE 3 KEY TASK PROCESSES

How would you know if a team is a great team? What do you look at in the short run to decide if a team is effective? 

In this episode Ruth & Krister:

1. Share some reflections and observations on the Covid-19 pandemic
2. Introduce the 3 Key Task Processes: Effort, Strategy, Knowledge/Skill
3. Discuss how the 6 Conditions, 3 Key Task Processes and 3 Team Effectiveness Outcomes related as an integrated process model
4. Share stories about intervening in teams around the 3 Key Task processes as well as practical tools and tips
5. Share additional resources for furthering learning around the 3 Key Task Processes

For show notes and more information go to: https://6teamconditions.com/6tc-newpodcasts/

6 CONDITIONS #006: THE 3 CRITERIA OF TEAM EFFECTIVENESS

In this episode show hosts Drs. Ruth Wageman and Krister Lowe:

1. Explore the key questions: 1) How would you know if a team is a great team? 2) What do you look at to decide if a team is effective?

2. Outline 3 Criteria of Team Effectiveness: 1) Task Performance; 2) Quality of Group Process; 3) Member Satisfaction

3. Discuss typical symptoms and signs that a team is less great and that you are being asked to help improve.

4. Identify ways to help teams develop the discipline of assessing their own effectiveness.

5. Explore how team leaders and team coaches can evaluate the impact of team coaching interventions.

For show notes and more information go to https://6teamconditions.com/

6 CONDITIONS #005: THE 3 ENABLING CONDITIONS - ACCELERATING A TEAM'S DEVELOPMENT INTO A BRILLIANT COLLABORATION

In this episode show hosts Drs. Ruth Wageman and Krister Lowe:

1. Explore how to accelerate a team's development.
2. Discuss developing healthy norms and work practices.
3. Outline the 3 Enabling Conditions: Sound Structure, Supportive Context, Team Coaching
4. Share illustrations of working with the 3 Enabling Conditions with real world teams.
5. Identify learning resources for further study.

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6 CONDITIONS PODCAST #004: THE 3 ESSENTIAL CONDITIONS:  BUILDING A SOLID FOUNDATION

In this episode show hosts Drs. Ruth Wageman and Krister Lowe:

1. Discuss the Leadership Attribution Error
2. Introduce the 3 Essential Conditions of Team Effectiveness: Real Team, Compelling Purpose & Right People
3. Illustrations of working with teams around the 3 Essential Conditions
4. Resources for learning more

For show notes and more information go to https://6teamconditions.com/6tc-newpodcasts/

6 Conditions Podcast Episode #001: Podcast Launch

In this Launch episode show hosts Drs. Ruth Wageman and Krister Lowe:

1. Introduce the vision and rationale of the podcast
2. Outline what listeners can expect from the show
3. Provide a brief overview of the 6 Team Conditions Framework
4. Share their backgrounds as team scholars and practitioners and as the show's hosts

For show notes and more information go to https://6teamconditions.com/

6 Conditions Podcast Episode #003: The 60-30-10 Rule: Designing, Launching, and Coaching Teams

What are the highest leverage ways to help teams regardless of your role?

In this episode Ruth & Krister discuss the high leverage places in the life of a team where intervention by a team leader, team coach and/or team members themselves can foster shifts towards great team effectiveness. Some theme discussed include:

1) The 60-30-10 Heuristic: The Levers of Designing, Launching and Coaching

2) When Leadership Matters Most in the Life of a Team

3) The Roles of Team Leaders, Team Members and Team Coaches

4) The Cycle and Discipline of Rinsing and Repeating 60-30-10 5) Launching New Teams & Relaunching Existing Teams

For show notes and more information go to: https://6teamconditions.com/

6 Conditions Podcast Episode #002: The 6 Team Conditions Framework: Conditions vs. Causes

Where would you start your thinking about fostering great teams and why?

In this episode Ruth & Krister explore the underlying structural drivers of behavior in teams and why beginning with a team's structural design conditions is a powerful place to start. Teams are complex social systems and therefore simple cause-->effect models may be helpful but insufficient for getting teams on a positive trajectory. Rather creating an ecosystem of design conditions that gives rise to great performance is emphasized. The 6 Conditions (3 Essentials & 3 Enablers) Framework is discussed: 1) Real Team 2) Compelling Purpose 3) Right People 4) Sound Structure 5) Supportive Context 6) Team Coaching

For show notes and more information go to: https://6teamconditions.com/

6 CONDITIONS #015: ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY & THE 6 CONDITIONS | SPECIAL GUESTS GABE ABELLA & ADAM HSU

This episode is the next installment in a series featuring the perspectives of certified practitioners as well as enterprise clients who have applied the 6 Team Conditions framework and Team Diagnostic Survey with real world teams. Gabe Abella & Adam Hsu join Ruth Wageman and Krister Lowe for an exploration of using the 6 Conditions Framework and Team Diagnostic Survey to foster organizational agility.

Gabe Abella is an Organizational coach at JP Morgan Chase focused on enabling organizational agility at enterprise scale by leading, coaching, and teaching. Learn more about Gabe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabeabella/.  Adam Hsu is an Accredited Kanban Consultant, Trainer, and Speaker as well as an Organizational Coach in Global Technology at JPMorgan Chase focused on enabling organizational and business agility at every level of the organization. Learn more about Adam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamhsuakt/.

Some themes covered in the episode include:

1. Overcoming systemic effects of enterprises to foster organizational agility
2. Working with nested systems of teams, teams of teams
3. The journey from individual contributor to organizational agility coach
4. The acceptance of uncertainty
5. Inspecting, adapting, experimenting
6. Practical examples illustrating how to use the 6 Conditions to foster organizational agility
7. How changing structure can quickly change deep seated behaviors
8. Using the Team Diagnostic Survey during leader transitions and team relaunches
9. Why you can’t coach a badly designed team

For show notes and more information go to: https://6teamconditions.com/6tc-newpodcasts/