Tag Archives: Group Dynamics

Swarm Intelligence — any parallels to team dynamics?

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Mike Rodbell

Ran across some interesting stuff on something called “swarm intelligence” This caused me to wonder if the concepts that they’ve identified might also apply to things that hit closer to home (at least for me). Some of the theory behind … Continue reading →

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Somewhere over the rainbow — distributed teams

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Mike Rodbell

If you’re working in this century, and managing people, odds are pretty good that they’re not sitting in the same building as you. The odds are even better that many of them are not even on the same continent, with … Continue reading →

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Tribal Knowledge – People as Pack Animals

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Mike Rodbell

People do what people do. Mostly, with those around them. I recall once getting coerced into running in a charity 5k race (being a good dad, I thought that was the thing to do with my then 14-year-old son). I trained … Continue reading →

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