A Cool Company Needs Hot Group

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A Cool Company Needs Hot Group
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Introduction

• Great Project are achieved by great Teams.
• Clear goal and serious deadline.
• Administering a trust fund Vs. making an MTV
  video.

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The Myth of The Lone Genius

• Thomas Edison generated astounding 400 patents
  with help of 14-man team.
• Michelangelo couldnt have pained the Sistine
  Chapel without help of a gang of artisans.
• IDEO believe loners hamper innovation and
  creativity.

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The Makings of a Hot Group

• Total dedicated and enthusiastic.
• Close deadline.
• Nonhierarchical and irreverent.
• Tremendous respect for fellow members.
• No typical corporate setting restraints.
• Seek answers outside the box.

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Hot Studios

• Hollywood model -- the art of quickly assembling
  teams.
• IDEOers pick their team leader to work with, not
  the other way around.

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The Art of Innovation

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• A cool company needs hot groups.
• -Parag Pathak

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Generating your own Energy.

• Creating Right team.
• Combination of fun with work.
• Build Interest in work.
• Generate Inspiration.

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The Passion factor

• Examples
• -Design of kids car seat
• -John F Kennedys challenge to NASA

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Chapter 5 Contd A Cool Company Needs Hot Groups

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• Douglas M. Schmitt

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Opportunities In Obstacles

• Adversity can bind your team together, making it
  stronger
• Ex. 1 Palm V hard case design flaw (existing
  inventory)
• Result 1 Brought the team closer together and
  reinforced its pride in the quality of the
  product
• Ex. 2 Trying to improve airflow through an
  office space
• Result 2 A breakthrough for the project and a
  shared experience for the team

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On A Mission

• Hot teams love a challenge
• 6 and a half months from founding a team to
  getting a highly technical hardware product (PDA
  add-on digital camera) on the market

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Chapter 5 Continues
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Chapter 5Part 4

• James Phillips

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Team Problem Solving

• One team member paid 18,000 from his account the
  filed an expense report in order to finish the
  team project.
• After realizing that a demonstration was going
  to be ineffective, a team found a solution while
  drowning their sorrows

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Teams in Close Quarters

• Being in limited space with other people forces
  you to communicate and build relationships.
• While on a furniture project IDEOers worked
  and lived with their prototypes and counterparts
• It was a four month project

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The Right Mix

• A team should be diverse.
• The author suggest that even where a certain
  person sits can make a difference.
• The idea of establishing neighborhoods is to
  get the team as close to the hardware theyre
  working on as possible

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Conclusion

• Continue with chapter 5

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Hot Groups (Contd)

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  discussion, which will create action items. Use
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  points entered.

• Fauzia Khatkhatay

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Abolish They

• Most large companies always bring in they
• E-mail surveillance
• Dress code

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Teams and Trust

• What makes a successful team
• Three questions
• Work schedule policy
• Trust in employees
• Abundance mentality

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Why Teams Beat Individuals

• Bass Co.
• Variety
• End one project by beginning another

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Hot Teams Perform

• Believe in your team
• Build confidence
• Give people an opportunity to perform

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Hot Teams Give

• Give gifts and awards
• Use humor and poke fun
• Celebrate achievement
• Dont reserve fun for the end of a project

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The Art of Innovation

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  discussion, which will create action items. Use
  PowerPoint to keep track of these action items
  during your presentation
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• Chapter 5
• Derek Guerin

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Abolish They

• At IDEO I couldnt find a they
• As a group you need to abolish that mythical
  group they and take responsibility for your
  actions.

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Teams and Trust

• Teams must establish a trusting relationship.
• Employers must trust employees and employees must
  trust employers.

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Why Teams Beat Individuals

• Ron Bass and his team are an idea factory
• Variety can inspire
• Ron suggest working on multiple projects and they
  can sometimes inspire each other.

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Hot Teams Perform

• Hot teams are like snowballs that build into an
  avalanche of energy and enthusiasm
• IDEO believes in giving everyone equal chances
• Age and experience arent factors

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Hot Teams Give

• Give awards among the team
• These gifts reinforce your team spirit

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Eight Crazy Characters forHot Groups

• The Visionary asks, whats next?
• The Troubleshooter cuts to the chase, not
  always PC.
• The Iconoclast challenges status quo (even at
  IDEO).
• The Pulse Taker the heart, insightful in human
  factors.

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Eight Crazy Characters forHot Groups

• 5. The Craftsman magic elves, always making.
• 6. The Technologist resident geek, full of raw
  resources.
• 7. The Entrepreneur innovative without a niche,
  master of process.
• 8. The Cross-Dresser self-educated and
  motivated, works beyond formal training.

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Eight Crazy Characters forHot Groups

• Teams start with extraordinary individuals
• Match them to projects, challenge them, and
  give them a chance to blossom, and I think youll
  be surprised at the results.
• (Kelley 100)