Last Monday, I wrote about the research on collective intelligence which shows that team performance is not driven by the intelligence of the team members but by their ability to work together in a cooperative and constructive way – the collective intelligence of the team.
Random thoughts: "Collective attention": this brought to mind how much the Japanese value ostentative attention. In fact, attention is considered one of the prime virtues, and the basis of politeness.
And yet... in so many Japanese workplaces, you won't hear many female voices upping the discourse level, because there're still not many around.
I find in creative industries (or just creative discussions) you need hierarchy, someone to stir the conversation but you can't have a military type of hierarchy where people execute orders. On the other hand, anyone can suggest ideas. So it's not about hierachy Vs flat it's about hierachy (structure) in the process and flat (all can contribute equally) when it comes to ideas
Fascinating stuff.
Random thoughts: "Collective attention": this brought to mind how much the Japanese value ostentative attention. In fact, attention is considered one of the prime virtues, and the basis of politeness.
And yet... in so many Japanese workplaces, you won't hear many female voices upping the discourse level, because there're still not many around.
I find in creative industries (or just creative discussions) you need hierarchy, someone to stir the conversation but you can't have a military type of hierarchy where people execute orders. On the other hand, anyone can suggest ideas. So it's not about hierachy Vs flat it's about hierachy (structure) in the process and flat (all can contribute equally) when it comes to ideas