The Future Of Teamwork with Dane Groeneveld

In today's conversation, host of The Future of Teamwork and HUDDL3 CEO Dane Groeneveld talks to Marcia Daszko about the power of listening to your customers and pivoting businesses toward their greater potential. Marcia has worked with companies of all sizes to encourage cultures to adopt growth mindsets and self-organizing operation models. She and Dane touch on several aspects of good leadership, how she organizes workshops to benefit participants, and throughout the conversation highlight the importance of continual learning and engagement.Episode Highlights:[00:12 - 03:14] Introduction, meet Marcia Daszko[03:15 - 04:49] A commitment to learning and courage[04:53 - 05:33] If you don't unlock the potential of teams businesses die[05:40 - 08:06] Leadership is learning, listening, and engaging[08:06 - 10:59] The courage to observe, connect, and improve[11:03 - 15:27] The value of your teams for the organization[15:27 - 19:27] Growth mindsets and a leader's role to develop their people[19:27 - 22:37] Connections and relationships are what is important[22:40 - 24:37] Leaders creating an environment for self-organizing[24:39 - 27:59] How Marcia's workshops are structured and examples of the ways she revamps customer organizations[28:02 - 32:17] Continual improvement, remaining curious about new ideas[32:19 - 33:21] How Dane's kid's shut down their own ideas, and how it translates to work[33:25 - 36:55] Focusing on learning and engaging[37:35 - 42:17] Simplicity and basic questions that can guide an organization's development[42:21 - 44:28] Show recap

From human resources to people engineers, HR has gone through a lot of rebrands. Throughout those shifts, what remains consistent is the necessity for leaders to organize and efficiently run teams. Kurt Landon stops by The Future of Teamwork to discuss approximately 30 years of consulting, team building, and partnering with HR teams to help businesses work more effectively together. With HUDDL3 CEO and show host, Dane Groeneveld, Kurt touches on outside leadership entering an environment, the strategic importance of customer advisory boards, DEI efforts, and more.Episode Highlights:[00:12 - 05:25] Kurt Landon's background and path to Enspira[05:32 - 11:52] The breadth of exposure to different industries and aspects of business during Kurt's career[12:12 - 17:04] Differentiating between human capital and human resources[17:06 - 22:14] What enabled success when transitioning to an LLC and starting to do consulting[22:39 - 26:01] Making outside and in-house partnerships see each other as teammates[26:03 - 32:06] Navigating and addressing poor leadership, identifying talent within a company's ranks[32:12 - 38:05] What Kurt and Enspira started helping customers within the early days: business, culture, focus[38:30 - 39:32] Customer-led journey advisory board[39:36 - 43:11] People science and the art of engaging with employees, customer advisory boards[43:15 - 50:39] Practices to change team dynamics toward DEI efforts

In this episode of The Future of Teamwork, Kurt Schmidt challenges the negative connotations associated with networking, which is often viewed as a burdensome task. Host Dane Groeneveld, CEO of HUDDL3, engages in a conversation with Kurt, who spearheads the digital transformation of businesses at Foundry. Kurt shares his unique perspective on networking, highlighting the importance of enjoyable and mutually beneficial interactions. He also emphasizes the value of hiring individuals with intriguing hobbies, colleagues who support career growth, and taking decisive action. Kurt also outlines his personal networking tracking system in the discussion.Episode Highlights:[00:11 - 02:37] Kurt's journey from BMX rider to designer to founder[02:37 - 06:02] Team incentives that unknowingly cause conflict when everyone is trying to have an impact[06:07 - 08:24] Side gigs and people with interesting hobbies[08:28 - 10:30] Lifting all boats, people who help others in their careers[10:34 - 13:39] Creating validation in our roles and creating value[13:42 - 16:08] Taking initiative and making goals relevant to the vision[16:13 - 17:29] Bias for action, emotional labor of working with people uninvested in vision[17:36 - 19:18] Networking and success in a career versus a job[19:18 - 20:22] Networking can be fun when you have a system and think of it as a lifestyle as opposed to a task[20:23 - 21:11] The purpose of Kurt's book on networking[21:15 - 25:37] Kurt's system for networking, categorizing a spreadsheet[25:41 - 27:51] "People understand you are a connector"[27:53 - 28:49] Active listening in life and business[28:52 - 33:45] You're offering someone access to your network[33:46 - 34:53] People want to help but don't always know what helps[34:53 - 36:09] Build your own user guide[36:11 - 37:36] A team vision statement[37:40 - 40:27] You are in control of your career[40:29 - 41:59] Psychological safety starts with you[42:12 - 45:27] Web3

Today on The Future of Teamwork, Tonille Miller stops by to talk to host Dane Groeneveld about how she transforms business cultures with her organization EXT - Experience and Transformation, so that teams operate sustainably in the long term. In their conversation, the two talk about all things burnout, ownership mindsets, career progression, and how constraints inspire creative solutions.Key Takeaways:[00:11 - 01:29] Meet Tonille Miller, Founder of EXT - Experience and Transformation[01:31 - 04:05] Transformation in your business means growing together[04:07 - 05:03] Thoughts on team interdependence[05:05 - 07:00] Doing more with less, getting teams to play well together[07:02 - 09:38] Where does an ownership mindset land in this environment?[09:39 - 11:39] Organizations Tonille has worked with to improve team conditions[11:41 - 12:42] Rules of thumb for setting parameters[12:43 - 14:43] Constraint inspires creativity[14:51 - 16:34] Psychological safety and creating an environment with zero tolerance for toxicity[16:34 - 21:11] Inclusivity, innovation, and reverse mentoring[21:16 - 23:42] "It is human to create"[23:44 - 25:12] Mattering and appreciation[25:16 - 26:44] Tonille's book explores imposter syndrome, organizational advice, and useful tidbits [26:44 - 30:07] Future pathways, growth, and progression in careers[30:07 - 32:22] Job crafting, changing what you're working on[32:23 - 33:53] Cross-training a younger generation, the potential for innovation[33:52 - 38:06] "Don't let burnout happen to you"[38:13 - 41:04] Finding purpose and setting boundaries[41:04 - 43:10] Trade-offs in balance, finding value, downtime, and pursuing goals[43:11 - 46:14] Designing a new culture is strategic

Are you interested in learning strategies for maintaining a strong organizational culture? It's a tough challenge, but the payoff is worth it in terms of productivity and longevity. Today on The Future of Teamwork, host Dane Groeneveld speaks about organizational network analysis and culture initiatives with Kevin Oakes, the CEO of the Institute for Corporate Productivity. During their conversation, the two touch on healthy vs. toxic cultures, Kevin's book Culture Renovation, and the opportunity-rich landscape enabled by technology.Episode Highlights[00:11 - 00:25] Introduction[00:32 - 03:16] Kevin Oakes and i4cp, The Institute for Corporate Productivity[03:20 - 04:01] Culture Fitness —Studying the elements of a healthy culture vs a toxic culture[04:08 - 06:50] Approaching culture from the top down in the current labor market and shortage[06:54 - 11:18] The blueprint of Kevin's book, Culture Renovation: tools for change[11:21 - 12:42] Organizational network analysis[12:44 - 15:03] Digitizing influencers at work into bots, and automating work[14:00 - 15:50] Easier to automate mundane work, shifting time to influencers for culture[15:57 - 19:20] Measuring culture initiatives progress and work streams[19:21 - 22:17] Business metrics and the idea of revenue per employee[22:17 - 23:23] The current economic impact on tech businesses, layoffs, and ranking[23:27 - 27:18] How companies living in an opportunity-rich moment for culture learning, mobility, and succession planning are implementing change and programs[27:19 - 29:45] Measuring friction in organizations[29:50 - 31:23] A vendor-free community[31:27 - 32:37] Team building and the weight on culture ambassadors' shoulders[32:39 - 33:23] Storytelling from a leader[33:23 - 35:14] Micro culture should have slight variations on overall culture, but not completely deviate[35:15 - 36:20] Gary Ridge, former CEO of WD-40 on high-performing teams[36:26 - 39:22] Mobility and seeing supply chains boomerang back talent[39:24 - 40:20] Referral hires, checking in with past employees[40:26 - 42:47] Data will help you see, thoughts on productivity and flexibility

On the latest episode of The Future of Teamwork podcast, host Dane Groeneveld and guest Leo Bottary explore various tactics, principles, and real-life stories demonstrating collaborative efforts' effectiveness in teams. Leo created a collection of values known as "The Five Factors," which assist teams in establishing a framework for improved collaboration. Besides being an author, Leo founded Peernovation. Peernovation strives to leverage group dynamics and strategic communication to 1) assist companies with building higher-performing teams and 2) help CEOs and business leaders maximize their peer group experience.Episode Highlights[00:45 - 05:20] Leo's background as a founder and an author[05:21 - 09:13] Creating frameworks and learning models[09:13 - 12:21] What makes a high-performing peer group effective?[12:24 - 14:44] Intentional in collateral learning[14:47 - 17:13] Issue processing in a peer group, finding clarity and communication[17:17 - 20:30] Finding out what is at the heart of decisions[20:35 - 26:04] The Five Factors — Right People, Psychological Safety, Productivity, Accountability, and Leadership[26:07 - 27:34] The most effective leader saw themselves as a part of the group[27:32 - 29:21] Member-to-member accountability and a leader's role in inspiring the other four values[29:25 - 31:16] We've all made hiring mistakes[31:17 - 34:15] Becoming psychologically ready to best participate in being accountable to a group[34:21 - 35:53] In a high-performing team[35:55 - 38:15] High-performing teams and factors that influence the numbers[38:25 - 40:37] Groups working alongside teams[40:45 - 42:31] Something as simple as people getting to know what each other does

Taking risks, being vulnerable, and seeking help are often the initial actions required to pursue your aspirations. In this episode of The Future of Teamwork, Dane Groeneveld, the host, discusses taking charge of your career with Jenny Wood, the founder of Google's Own Your Career initiative. The duo explores the idea that working in teams provides a fresh opportunity to transform oneself, establishing psychological safety in collaborative settings, and acknowledging that development and advancement can stem from sources other than the upper echelons of an organization.Episode Highlights:[00:10 - 03:51] Jenny Wood and the Own Your Career program she founded at Google[03:53 - 06:24] Going after what you want, and psychological safety[06:27 - 09:11] How Jenny's Own Your Career program creates frameworks for safety and team building[09:23 - 12:14] Open dialogue and the power of addressing awkward conversations early[12:18 - 17:16] How growth opportunities flow at Google from Jenny's Own Your Career program[17:17 - 19:25] Working in teams is a chance to reinvent yourself each time[19:27 - 22:04] The opportunity to own your past and reinvention[23:01 - 27:43] Setting agendas with leadership and your manager's manager[27:43 - 30:47] Leaders who invite conversations, availability, and collaboration[30:47 - 34:38] Progress and leadership beyond the organizational chart[34:40 - 37:13] Learning to ask for help is vital to building relationships[37:22 - 40:58] Where technology plays a part of the team and helps people elevate their careers

In the latest episode of the Future of Teamwork podcast, Duncan Young joins host Dane Groeneveld to delve into various aspects of wellness, job crafting, and how our surroundings shape our best selves. The podcast explores a wide range of topics, including the significance of chronotype and biofeedback, the establishment of routines that reinforce our physical, social, and digital environments, and the crucial role of cultivating wellness habits both in the workplace and at home.Key Takeaways: [00:09 - 01:02] Meet Duncan Young[01:05 - 02:34] Job crafting, what makes people tick and thrive?[02:35 - 05:06] "How do I coach people to flourish, and be the best version of themselves?"[05:11 - 07:47] The early days of Duncan's well-being career and activities[07:50 - 09:55] Chronotyping, sleep, and the differences between physical and mental recovery[09:56 - 12:18] Recovery and teaching people to read their biofeedback[12:21 - 14:35] Shift work as a carcinogen, and transitioning from work to the rest of life[14:38 - 18:12] Bookending the day with something for yourself, establishing routines and how Covid affected them all[18:15 - 19:43] Environment shaping: physical, social, and digital[19:46 - 24:03] Scott Galloway and Robin Dunbar's research on social biomes, connection, and belonging[24:05 - 26:31] Extroversion, introversion, and the idea that people generally enjoy social interaction[26:33 - 27:58] The idea of crafting, side hustles, and exploring your passions[29:37 - 31:18] Post-traumatic growth[31:19 - 35:30] Trickle-down good habits, a continuum in well-being from leadership[35:41 - 38:07] Giving people autonomy and setting good health and wellness examples to drive performance[38:13 - 40:56] Driving culture for the long term and creating guardrails[41:03 - 43:00] The future of teamwork is human, being the best versions of ourselves[43:04 - 45:36] Summary and how to find Duncan

In this episode of The Future of Teamwork, Sir Geoff Mulgan, a Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy, and Social Innovation, drops by to talk about all things collective mental health, how to make positive change happen in the workplace, and what Industry 4.0 and 5.0 look like. Geoff works at University College London, and along with HUDDL3 Group CEO and show host Dane Groeneveld, he unpacks the impacts of addressing our human nature in the workplace and the effects on GDP, social relations, and more.Episode Highlights:[00:45 - 02:25] Meet Geoff Mulgan[02:58 - 05:02] Making change happen, and why the United States seems particularly pessimistic right now[05:02 - 06:24] Business and the question of collective mental health[06:25 - 08:00] A period of discovery with mental health, and knowing the questions but not the answers[08:03 - 09:49] Mental wellness and addressing impact on GDP[09:50 - 10:46] Understanding how mental health affects physical health[10:48 - 12:24] Socializing, plants, and the effect on recovery and growth[12:26 - 14:32] Being accountable for the experience of life outside the workplace[14:46 - 17:07] Creating a safe environment for receiving feedback as a leader[17:08 - 21:10] Net zero, democratization, and the availability to solve problems through people's specialties[21:10 - 23:46] Co-creation and partnerships in education dealing with social problem-solving and engineering[23:48 - 26:31] Project-based learning and the idea of Renaissance Studios for schools[26:31 - 30:09] The containment theory of education and preparing children for the future of job and skills growth[30:10 - 33:07] Industry specialization across the world, with Bangladesh as an example[33:07 - 36:59] Auxiliary roles and micro-credentialing[37:00 - 38:50] Anonymized assessments and pressuring teams to be mutually supportive[38:51 - 41:38] How we organize meetings[42:06 - 44:33] Understanding the differences in remote, hybrid, and in-person work and how to communicate better at each[45:08 - 50:06] Industry 4.0 and capturing attention about what industry 5.0 looks like[50:07 - 52:36] Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 looks different across regions of the world

Today on The Future of Teamwork, host Dane Groeneveld speaks with the CEO of CultureBrained and host of The CultureLab podcast, Aga Bajer. Through her work with CultureBrained, Aga helps organizations cultivate environments that reinforce psychological safety and work in more trusting environments. In their conversation, Aga describes how growing up behind the Iron Curtain and later starting an ice cream factory influenced her career path.Key Takeaways[00:12 - 04:35] Meet Aga Bajer, growing up behind the Iron Curtain and starting an ice cream factory[05:24 - 07:38] Good culture, leadership, and creative problem solving[07:45 - 12:01] BYOC (Bring Your Own Culture)[12:03 - 14:20] Contagious energy and informal influencers[14:20 - 17:29] Thinking about a DIY approach leveraging networks within their business[17:30 - 18:45] Nomination, and winning a golden ticket[18:45 - 25:24] Psychological safety in the process of changing plans, engaging with perceived failures and expectations[25:45 - 28:30] What psychological safety is, and the idea of "career limiting moves"[28:33 - 30:40] What psychological safety actually is includes uncomfortable conversations[30:41 - 32:22] Hacks for creating psychological safety[32:24 - 38:44] A vision for working differently together in the future[38:44 - 40:56] Attracting, retaining good talent is critical to embracing virtual and hybrid work[40:57 - 43:15] How many tribes you have in your life[43:17 - 45:26] Amy Edmondson, the mother of psychological safety[45:41 - 47:02] Create these workplaces for future generations