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Good Team, Bad Team
Sarah Thurber & Blair Miller
4.41 (39 Reviews)
Leadership
Corp Culture
Business
Relationship
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Discover why NASA, Disney, and Nike use the FourSight System. "Good Team, Bad Team" analyzes 6 million data points to reveal why some teams excel while others implode. Can understanding cognitive diversity really transform your team's performance? The answer might surprise you.

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When Everyone Speaks a Different Language-And No One Knows It

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Have you ever sat in a meeting where everyone seemed to be talking past each other, even though you were all supposedly discussing the same problem? Where one person kept asking for more data while another wanted to brainstorm wild ideas, and a third person just wanted everyone to stop talking and start doing something? That frustration isn't a personality clash-it's something far more fundamental. We all approach problems through different cognitive lenses, speaking different "thinking languages" without realizing it. Some of us need to fully understand a challenge before moving forward. Others want to generate possibilities immediately. Some prefer to carefully refine solutions, while others just want to get things done. When these different thinkers collaborate without understanding each other's languages, even the smartest teams make surprisingly dumb mistakes. Every complex problem requires four distinct types of thinking to solve effectively. First, we need **Clarifiers**-the people who want to understand challenges thoroughly, asking questions and gathering information before proceeding. They're factual, focused, and deliberate, though sometimes they suffer from "analysis paralysis." Then come **Ideators**-the adventurous, spontaneous thinkers who generate possibilities and see big pictures, though they can get distracted chasing new ideas. Next are **Developers**-reflective, cautious planners who optimize solutions by weighing options carefully, sometimes getting stuck pursuing perfection. Finally, **Implementers** drive action with persistence and decisiveness, though they sometimes rush ahead before the plan is fully formed. Here's the catch: while we need all four types to solve complex problems, most people naturally prefer just one or two. We gravitate toward those who share our preferences, which means we often avoid the very people who could help us most. A Sydney HR firm discovered this painfully when LinkedIn launched in Australia. Of their 41 managers, 38 preferred implementation thinking-everyone was busy executing while almost no one was scanning for market disruptions or generating innovative responses. Their revenue plummeted because their entire leadership team spoke the same cognitive language, creating a massive blind spot.

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The Comfort Trap and the Power of Cognitive Diversity

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Purpose and Climate: The Foundation of High-Performing Teams

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Trust: The Physics of What You Give and Get Back

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Navigating the Messy Middle of Team Development

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The Art of Creative Problem-Solving: Why Better Solutions Require Breathing Room

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From Disconnection to Purpose: Building Teams That Matter

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