Highly Relational Team - Teams and How They Come to Life #4/6

About this episode

A roundtable discussion exploring what brings teams to life and the importance of relational dynamics in team success.

Highly Relational Team: Launch Week Roundtable - Teams and How They Come to Life - Episode #4/6 Hosted by Dr Gwen Stirling Wilkie with guests Lucy Widdowson, Alastair Kidd & Robert Digings As part of launch week for the Highly Relational Team, this special roundtable brings together four experienced practitioners to explore a central question: What really brings teams to life? Hosted by  Dr Gwen Stirling Wilkie , and joined by  Lucy Widdowson ,  Alastair Kidd , and  Robert Digings , this lively, insightful conversation examines how teams thrive in an unpredictable world - and why the relational fabric between people matters as much as the work itself. In this episode, our guests explore: • Why teams need both individual development and collective development • How teams can become their own mirror - building the courage to look at themselves • Why 'soft skills' are now the hardest and most essential skills in team life • What collaboration really means - and why most teams confuse it with coordination • The limits of hub-and-spoke leadership, and the power of collective responsibility • How future team life may include AI members - and what won’t…

People in this episode

Host: Dr Gwen Stirling Wilkie

Guests: Lucy Widdowson, Alastair Kidd, Robert Digings

Topics covered

• team development
• collaboration
• soft skills
• collective responsibility
• AI in teams
• individual vs collective growth

Keywords

• team life
• collaboration
• soft skills
• collective responsibility
• AI in teams
• team development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Highly Relational Team, highlyrelational.com

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