Simple, Effective Teamwork

antti.tarvainen@leonidasoy.fi@tarvaina

Simple, Effective Teamwork

antti.tarvainen@leonidasoy.fi@tarvaina

But communal sharing is fragile and requires rapport.

Talk in one slideFeeling of fairness and

communal sharing are the basisof simple, effective teamwork.

Anti-patterns

“We should do something about this.”

“Let’s invite everyone!”

“Let’s confirm from the boss first.”

“Let’s make everyone do this from now on.”

Tips

Have rituals

Meet outside work

Be naked

Be close to each other

But communal sharing is fragile and requires rapport.

Talk in one slideFeeling of fairness and

communal sharing are the basisof simple, effective teamwork.

Anti-patterns

“We should do something about this.”

“Let’s invite everyone!”

“Let’s confirm from the boss first.”

“Let’s make everyone do this from now on.”

Tips

Have rituals

Meet outside work

Be naked

Be close to each other

= go to sauna+

But communal sharing is fragile and requires rapport.

Talk in one slideFeeling of fairness and

communal sharing are the basisof simple, effective teamwork.

Anti-patterns

“We should do something about this.”

“Let’s invite everyone!”

“Let’s confirm from the boss first.”

“Let’s make everyone do this from now on.”

Tips

Have rituals

Meet outside work

Be naked

Be close to each other

= go to sauna+

there’s still room behind the sauna

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CommunalSharing

EqualityMatching

AuthorityRanking

Four models of relationships

MarketPricing

Relational Models Theory: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/faculty/fiske/relmodov.htm

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Communal sharing:

Equality matching:

Authority ranking:

Example: Four waysto pay salary

Market pricing:

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Communal sharing:

Equality matching:

Authority ranking:

Market pricing:

By rankand seniority

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Example: Four waysto pay salary

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Communal sharing:

Equality matching:

Authority ranking:

Market pricing:

By rankand seniority

Same salaryfor everyone

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Example: Four waysto pay salary

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Communal sharing:

Equality matching:

Authority ranking:

Market pricing:

By market value

By rankand seniority

Same salaryfor everyone

Example: Four waysto pay salary

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Communal sharing:

Equality matching:

Authority ranking:

Market pricing:

By market value(negotiation skills)

By rankand seniority

Same salaryfor everyone

Example: Four waysto pay salary

No salary, common pool

of money

By rankand seniority

By market value(negotiation skills)

Same salaryfor everyone

Communal sharing:

Equality matching:

Authority ranking:

Market pricing:

Example: Four waysto pay salary

No salary, common pool

of money

By rankand seniority

By market value(negotiation skills)

Same salaryfor everyone

Communal sharing:

Equality matching:

Authority ranking:

What is fair?

Market pricing:

No salary, common pool

of money

By rankand seniority

By market value(negotiation skills)

Same salaryfor everyone

Communal sharing:

Equality matching:

Authority ranking:

What is unfair?

Market pricing:

Model mismatch

Example:Let us say I loan you some money,

we being friends and all.

YouMe

I want a fairinterest rateI’ll pay back

what I loaned

Equality matching:Market pricing:

YouMe

Model mismatch

I want a fairinterest rateI’ll pay back

what I loaned

Equality matching:Market pricing:

YouMe

Model mismatchis unfair

I want a fairinterest rateI’ll pay back

what I loaned

Equality matching:Market pricing:

YouMe

Feeling of unfairnesskills cooperation

I want a fairinterest rateI’ll pay back

what I loaned

Equality matching:Market pricing:

YouMe

Feeling of unfairnesskills cooperation

Consensus Chain of Command

ArgumentVoting

Communal sharing:

Equality matching:

Authority ranking:

Decision-making

Market pricing:

Decision-making mismatch

Example:Let us say we are deciding what

feature to develop next.

YouMe

YouMe

Consensus

Communal sharing:

Argument

Market pricing:

Decision-making mismatch

YouMe

Consensus

Communal sharing:

Argument

Market pricing:

Decision-making mismatch

Feeling of unfairnessNo co-operation

Consensus Argumentvs.

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Conclusion

Consensus Argumentvs.

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Consensus Argumentvs.

Builds understanding oncommon set of premises

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ConclusionConclusion

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Consensus Argumentvs.

Builds understanding oncommon set of premises

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Consensus Argumentvs.

Builds understanding oncommon set of premises

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ConclusionConclusion

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Premise

Consensus Argumentvs.

Builds understanding oncommon set of premises

Searches for premises that supporteither of two conclusions.

CommunalSharing

EqualityMatching

AuthorityRanking

What is the right model for teamwork?

MarketPricing

CommunalSharing

EqualityMatching

AuthorityRanking

What is the right model for teamwork?

MarketPricing

All of them, to an extent.

CommunalSharing

EqualityMatching

AuthorityRanking

What is the right model for teamwork?

MarketPricing

But communal sharing isthe simplest and most effective

— when it works.

CommunalSharing

EqualityMatching

AuthorityRanking

What is the right model for teamwork?

MarketPricing

Authority ranking doesn’t utilizeteam members’ abilities.

CommunalSharing

EqualityMatching

AuthorityRanking

What is the right model for teamwork?

MarketPricing

Equality matching is based on neitherideas’ nor members’ merit.

CommunalSharing

EqualityMatching

AuthorityRanking

What is the right model for teamwork?

MarketPricing

Market pricing mechanisms are heavy.Also it doesn’t bring inherent joy.

CommunalSharing

EqualityMatching

AuthorityRanking

Move towardscommunal sharing

MarketPricing

CommunalSharing

EqualityMatching

AuthorityRanking

Move towardscommunal sharing

MarketPricing

Communal sharing is very fragile.It requires a specific kind of trust — rapport.

Rapport

The feeling that you are in sync.

The feeling that you understand each other.

The feeling that you are in the same team.

Tips for movingtowards communal sharing

Meet outside work

Be naked

Be close to each other

Have rituals

Tips for movingtowards communal sharing

Meet outside work

Be naked

Be close to each other

Have rituals

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go to sauna=

Meet outside work

Have rituals

Have rituals

Be close to each other

Be close to each other

Be naked

Each model implies a certainpersonal appearance.

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Communal sharing:

Equality matching:

Authority ranking:

Market pricing:

Be naked

- Authority

RationalityHonor

Communal sharing:

Equality matching:

Authority ranking:

Market pricing:

Each model implies a certainpersonal appearance.

Be naked

Nakedness

Communal sharing:

Equality matching:

Authority ranking:

Market pricing:

Remove the clothes ofpersonal appearance to movetowards communal sharing.

Authority

RationalityHonor

Be naked — examples

Be naked — examples

Tell something embarassing about yourself.

MBTI analysis.

Tell about your life.

Be naked — examples

Tell something embarassing about yourself.

MBTI analysis.

Tell about your life.

But most importantly:be yourself,

trust others, andspeak your mind.

Anti-Patterns

“We should do something about this.”

“Let’s invite everyone!”

“Let’s confirm from the boss first.”

“Let’s make everyone do this from now on.”

Anti-Patterns

“We should do something about this.”

“Let’s invite everyone!”

“Let’s confirm from the boss first.”

“Let’s make everyone do this from now on.”

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there’s still room behind the sauna=

“Let’s invite everyone.”

“Let’s invite everyone.”

This is very slow.

“Let’s invite everyone.”

You want to be democratic.Don’t.

This is very slow.

CommunalSharing

EqualityMatching

AuthorityRanking

“Let’s invite everyone.”

MarketPricing

You want to be democratic.Don’t.

“Let’s confirm from the boss first”

“Let’s confirm from the boss first”

This is very slow too.And may lead to bad decisions.

“Let’s confirm from the boss first”

You feel you need approval from authority.You don’t.

This is very slow too.And may lead to bad decisions.

CommunalSharing

EqualityMatching

AuthorityRanking

“Let’s confirm from the boss first”

MarketPricing

You feel you need approval from authority.You don’t.

“Let’s make everyonedo this from now on.”

“Let’s make everyonedo this from now on.”

Although you represent the whole team,you cannot really decide for other members.

And it’s slow.

“Let’s make everyonedo this from now on.”

Although you represent the whole team,you cannot really decide for other members.

And it’s slow.

You are now trying to eithercommand or convince other people.

CommunalSharing

EqualityMatching

AuthorityRanking

MarketPricing

“Let’s make everyonedo this from now on.”

You are now trying to eithercommand or convince other people.

“We should dosomething about this.”

Do or do not.Stop accumulating decisions.

“We should dosomething about this.”

Do or do not.Stop accumulating decisions.

You expect a “real” decision-making process to kick in at some point.

CommunalSharing

EqualityMatching

AuthorityRanking

MarketPricing

“We should do something about this.”

You expect a “real” decision-making process to kick in at some point.

“We should do something about this.”

There is no “real” decision-making process.That’s the point of teamwork.

But communal sharing is fragile and requires trust.

That’s all, folks.Feeling of fairness and

communal sharing are the basisof simple, effective teamwork.

Anti-patterns

“We should do something about this.”

“Let’s invite everyone!”

“Let’s confirm from the boss first.”

“Let’s make everyone do this from now on.”

Tips

Have rituals

Meet outside work

Be naked

Be close to each other