Lucky Teams

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The Whole Course

1. Systems Thinking
2. Self-regulation
3. Self-coordination
4. Living systems
5. Team consciousness
6. Team synergy
7. Team sizes
8. Team diversity
9. Lucky Teams
10. Team Tools

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9. Lucky Teams

1. We tend to assume that luck is something beyond our control.
2. But Wiseman (2003) researched 'lucky people' and found that we all shape our fortune
3. (OK - we can't shape Nature, or Fate). But he found that:
   • a) 'Lucky' individuals are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities
   • b) 'Lucky' individuals listen to their intuition
   • c) 'Lucky' individuals create self-fulfilling prophecies via positive expectations
   • d) 'Lucky' individuals adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good

Based on Wiseman's Conclusions:

• a) Opportunity Finding
  • Learn to lower your tolerance to ambiguity
  • (i.e. the more convinced you are it's black & white picture the less you'll see the colour)
  • Explore weak signal theory
  • Have a look at Blindspots analysis
  • Make the unthinkable thinkable with creative semiosis.
  • Mathematicians tells us that a miracle is only a fluke that is exceedingly rare....
• b) Follow your Gut Feelings
  • Relaxing and being in a good mood seems to attract luck. (Duong & Ohtsuka, 2000).
  • train yourself to listen to your gut instincts
• c) Expect the Best
  • This works as a positive feedback loop
  • (i.e. pessimists attend fewer job interviews, so prove themselves right)
  • (i.e. optimists may know the chances are slim but they attend anyway)
• d) Find New Opportunities in Bad News
  • You can adjust your attitude angle from negative to positive

Thinking Beyond the Possible

• Check out Blindspots analysis
• Avoid discussions that are opportunity killers
• Improve the way you frame questions
• Teach yourself to frame opportunity-seeking questions
• Ask yourself optimistically "what's the worst that can happen?".
• Use the POUT tool instead of SWOT analysis
• Make sure to use auspicious reasoning
• Ask your team outcome-seeking questions.
• Learn to reason more playfully and abductively
• Try using the 'no buts' tool
• Optimism is contagious (in teams)
• Good creative teamwork is sympoietic
• The long legacy of co-creativity is creative democracy
• Teams can have auspicious conversations
• Enterprising teams are entredonneurial

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