Re: Team building videos LO2634

jack hirschfeld (jack@his.com)
Wed, 30 Aug 1995 22:49:55 -0400

Replying to LO2610 -- John Warfield said:

>Jack insists that teams need to go through the three stages that I
>ccalled "social overhead". There is a sense in which I strongly agree
>and a sense in which I strongly disagree.

(snip)
>
>This is not to say that there is no social overhead involved. But it is
>possible to minimize the "charges" for this. It's a very subtle thing,
>but somehow the individuals find a way to do these things incidentally to
>performing; the overhead, so to speak, gets distributed and charged to
>the overall budget in very small, almost unrecognizable increments, and
>some of this goes on during breaks or, for example, in dinner meetings
>when there is no intent to have any performance.

Well, I think I could be persuaded that this could happen, but it would
require a mighty powerful methodology for it to be a reliable outcome. My
sense is that most people are habituated to behaving in ways that
contradict their reason, and that "adults" often are not, even when in
positions of great responisibility and authority. I look forward to
reading Interactive Management even more, now.

--
Jack Hirschfeld                               How long has this been going on?
jack@his.com