Continues from Part 4
Kallen: If you’re just tuning in, we’re talking with the co-author of Committed Teams, Derek Newberry, also Wharton School of Business lecturer speaking all over the world.
Let’s go to Chapter 2. It talks about what you don’t know is probably hurting you. I totally agree with that. You know it’s like almost an conscious incompetence. You know what you don’t know.
Let’s talk about the pertinence of that. You know what you don’t know is probably hurting you and how that affects teams.
Derek: Yeah. So, the basic idea there and this is where a little bit of that anthropological perspective comes in.
Our feeling is that as soon as groups come together, they start to form their own rules around how they’re going to get things done basically. And that’s true for any group.
It’s just something we do naturally. And those can be formal rules right. But it’s also informal rules so little things like you can imagine any team you’ve been a part of.
You know you probably had a tacit understanding of when a meeting starts who’s the first person to speak or do you come five minutes early for that meeting or does everyone show up five minutes late for that meeting.
So, that’s just a very small example of the type of common understanding we develop in groups about how we’re going to get things done.
And once you add those little rules up, what they create as a culture, you have a very distinct group culture and a very distinct way of doing things that forms over time.
Kallen: As we come to a close, Derek. If people want to get in contact with you or follow you, how can they do that?
Derek: I’m always happy to and I’d love to talk to your listeners to hear their thoughts about the book, Wharton, or anything else.
So, if you want to get directly in touch with me, you can send an email to [email protected] or follow me on Twitter @DerekNewberry. Happy to connect.
Narrator: Thank you for tuning in. Just another great episode by Kallen Diggs. If you want to reach the finish line in record time, you can start with the 3 Step Process.
Photo: Pixabay