Jean-Marie Bonhouse wrote:
>Can someone recommend a high quality video on teambuilding for an audience
>of sophisticated, slightly skeptical European executives? Anything tacky or
>corny would turn them off.I'm looking for a video comparable in content
>quality to the ones that Senge is producing on the 5 disciplines.
For something highly interesting, if a little long, try the Appollo 13
film: it's very clear from watching it that not only the astronauts in the
damaged space vehicle, but also the (multiple) teams on the ground must
work together effectively to solve a host of potentially fatal problems to
get the astronauts back safely. There's much of traditional team work -
and a lot of the difficulties: learning to trust a new guy, the habits of
command versus what morale and the situation require; figuring out a
horrendously complex problem and devoting one's best efforts, despite deep
disappointment; having to leap into an unknown solution space knowing that
lives depend on your efforts - and that if you fail, it will be very
public; figuring out how to transcend what you know is your absolute
bottom line, in order to make a workable solution. The list goes on, and
on.
Besides all that, it's a treat to see people achieving something
extraordinary!
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