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I recently went through a Boy Scouts Adult Training called Wood Badge. The most important thing I learned there was a Team Dynamics study, reportedly used by t

by gjkood 11y ago

I recently went through a Boy Scouts Adult Training called Wood Badge. The most important thing I learned there was a Team Dynamics study, reportedly used by the DoD, which was distilled into four words: Forming Storming Norming Performing What blew me away was that I could literally see this happening right in front of my eyes with a small team of kids who I was coaching for an FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Robotics competition. I finally understood the team dynamics and realized that I am not the only one experiencing it and it was not an anomaly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckman%27s_stages_of_group_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckman%27s_stages_of_group_de... http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/pubscats/pm/articles03/pat-ma03.pdf http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/pubscats/pm/articles03/pat-ma03....

AndrewKemendo 11y ago
Forming Storming Norming Performing Oh boy, that's a huge piece of teambuilding training throughout the military. It's a good description of how new teams form. Unfortunately most teams don't get past the storming phase.
- groby_b 11y ago
  That'd be because getting past Storming and through Norming actually requires leadership. The other two are good with hands-off approaches. Heck, Performing can even take a certain amount of ineptness in leadership without falling apart.