Around ten years ago I took a part on project management course held by swedish guy Jan Burenius. Course material was based on Jan's and his collegue's book called "Value model". The course was full of cool stuff how to improve team work. One valuable advice for making team working better was to think about goose flock. Think about these:
- Flock formation is V-shaped. It allows everyone to see where the flock is going to. Flying in V-formation, diagonally behind each other, means that advantange can be taken of the upwind created by the goose in front.
- Leader in flock is changed regulary. Shared leadership. No one can be best in everything or have capacity to constantly stay up front. When leader goose gets tired it falls back in formation but still stays in group.
- Geese on the tail are honking encourament for the geese in front. Encouragement. Those in lead need encouragement and support to continue.
- If any goose left behind or get injured there'll be always two geese accompany it. They stay with it until it is either able to fly or dies. They then fly off together to catch up with their flock or join another flock.
Nice set from Mother Nature for team building, isn't it?
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