"Chemistry Sets"
Respectful dedication Tom Hanks - Annie Leibovitz - Dev Patel
Tom Hanks | Annie Leibovitz | Dev Patel |
Not finance! Not strategy! Not technology! It is the team, it is the teamwork that will help build the ultimate honour, the real competitive advantage for the Students of the world : Student Angel Mother. The great sage, P Lencioni in his lectures, would often provide a brilliant illustration : ''If you could get all the people in anyorganisation rowing in the same direction, you could dominate anything. You could overcome any obstacle, at any time.''
And whenever i repeat this adage to the SAM founders, they go abstract and immediatly nod their heads, but in a desperate sort of way. They seem to grasp the truth of it while simultaneously surrendering to the impossibility of making it happen. And that is where the 'rarity' of teamwork comes into play.
So, the fact remains that teams, because they are made up of imperfect human beings are inherently dysfunctional. But that is not to say that teamwork is doomed. Far from it. Infact building a strong team is both possible and remarkably simple. But it is painfully, painfully difficult. Thats right.
Like so many other aspects of life, teamwork comes down to mastering a set of behaviours that are at once theoretically uncomplicated, but extremely difficult to put into preactice day after day after day. Success comes to only those groups or teams that overcome the all too human behavioural tendencies that ''corrupt'' teams and breed dysfunctional politics within them.
These are the universal behavioral pitfalls that plague every great undertaking and Leaders. And then, not to miss out on any action, between 7pm and midnight, as if by a divine order, Wi-Fi begins degrading its signals. Some team player that!!! This continues well past our publishing time! And then toppings are normal on the text msgs that are in a circle of no joy and delivery report announcing ''Service Rejected!!?'' Big brother it seems never sleeps?? Hahaha! And within the group level clutter of SAM facebook, chatter continues without a lightbox!!?
These are the universal behavioral pitfalls that plague every great undertaking and Leaders. And then, not to miss out on any action, between 7pm and midnight, as if by a divine order, Wi-Fi begins degrading its signals. Some team player that!!! This continues well past our publishing time! And then toppings are normal on the text msgs that are in a circle of no joy and delivery report announcing ''Service Rejected!!?'' Big brother it seems never sleeps?? Hahaha! And within the group level clutter of SAM facebook, chatter continues without a lightbox!!?
Sometime Blend. But it is painfully, painfully difficult as I discovered. Moreso, in these horrid hallucinating times!! As Dr Kissenger would agree, and so would the Pakistan CRICKET team Captain. Like so many other aspects of life, teamwork comes down to mastering a set of behaviors that are at once theoretically not so complicated, but extremely difficult to put into practice day after day after day!
And the lesson often lost or ignored is that 'corrupt-teams are a black tragedy!!' And everyday around 7pm our Wi-Fi signals degrade. We have to publish before midnight. A nightmare sets in. Big brother it seems never sleeps!!?? So early morning hours, with roosters waking up, founders doze down. I return to content of WSSCIW - !W O W! One more day has begun.
Goodnight & God bless.
Goodnight & God bless.
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