6 Conditions | The Science & Art of Great Teams

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 #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:
Overcoming systemic effects of enterprises to foster organizational agility
Working with nested systems of teams, teams of teams
The journey from individual contributor to organizational agility coach
The acceptance of uncertainty
Inspecting, adapting, experimenting
Practical examples illustrating how to use the 6 Conditions to foster organizational agility
How changing structure can quickly change deep seated behaviors
Using the Team Diagnostic Survey during leader transitions and team relaunches
Why you can't coach a badly designed team
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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. Carissa Bub joins Ruth Wageman and Krister Lowe for an examination of an applied case involving leadership and culture change through a team of teams approach. Carissa Bub is an Executive Team Coach and also a Leadership and Communications expert. Her coaching practice is built on 20 years guiding leaders from the boardroom to the factory floor to transform how they lead, communicate and catalyse meaningful change. Her expertise is coaching Chief Executives and senior leadership teams to boldly engage all stakeholders; and developing resilient teams. Learn more about Carissa at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carissabub/
Some themes covered in the episode include:
The social-organizational context for teams
From conflict management → organizational transformation → culture change in team coaching
Focusing on relationship dynamics and design and structure in teams
Case Example: Leadership & Culture Change
From learning teams → project teams
Creating an enabling environment for team of teams
Next generation leadership development
Team leadership development
Adult development in teams
Mutually reinforcing nature of task performance, group process, and member satisfaction
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6 CONDITIONS PODCAST #013: TIJANA MCKENZIE & SATHI BANERJEE, ROYAL DUTCH SHELL: AN ENTERPRISE PERSPECTIVE ON HOW TEAM EFFECTIVENESS DRIVES BUSINESS OUTCOMES
This episode is the 2nd in a 6-part series focusing on practitioner perspectives on applying the 6 Conditions Framework and Team Diagnostic Survey in organizations. In this episode Tijana McKenzie (Leadership and Organisational Development Consultant, Executive Coach, Diversity & Inclusion Champion) & Sathi Banerjee (Leadership Assessment Lead) from Royal Dutch Shell join Ruth and Krister to discuss how a large energy company is approaching team effectiveness including the role of the 6 Team Conditions framework and Team Diagnostic Survey.  Research linking Team Diagnostic Survey data and business outcomes such as employee engagement, operational excellence, safety, people development, learning orientation, and psychological safety are explored.
Some themes covered in the episode include:
Covid19 Fatigue, Wellness, Prioritization
The conditions that unleash team talent
Demand for and drivers of team effectiveness at Shell
Linking 6 Conditions and Team Diagnostic Survey data to business outcomes
Building the data analytics findings into the team effectiveness offerings
The struggles and journey towards team effectiveness
The journey of team development practitioners
Shout out to Jorrit Van Der Togt, Executive Vice President Shell Downstream HR
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