I'm reading Team of Teams as well at the moment. I like it, but at the same team I'm asking myself whether I or my colleagues are as determined / qualified as the SEALS ;) What do you think?

Only you can answer that question for yourself @roman! 😆 I will say the book does a brilliant job in Chapter 5 From Command to Team of making the point that what makes the SEALs what they are is that the are a super team, not super soldiers: The people who leave could meet the challenges; they just realize they don’t wan’t to. Since you’re here, I’m guessing you want to. What do you think? 😄

Just had the thought that @david627 and @jessica.reif probably encounter that question a lot…

So there's a self-selection bias of people that really want to. Not sure that's the case everywhere looking at average engagement scores :)

Well, that's why employee engagement is one of the most important metrics I guess...

I guess someone will post the NUMMI case study soon ;)

Now you’re up to Chapter 9 Beating the Prisoner’s Dilemma : “The two major determinants of idea flow … are ‘engagement’ within a small group like a team, a department, or a neighborhood, and ‘exploration’—frequent contact with other units.”

Selection bias is huge. The people who show up for DOES are people who have above average engagement.

The good news is that engagement can be cultivated, it is a dynamic that is impacted by the structures we put in place. cc / @genek101

I'm in chapter 5 now. So I guess I'll try to find some time today and come back

Oh.. the structures .. yeah that's a huge part. Good or bad

Now watching your "frustrated? It is probably your fault" talk

We'll definitely do happy hour.

Is there a happy hour today?

Not today. Everything starts tomorrow.

For those that don't know what podcast @jtf is talking about, it his and @ds "Troubleshooting Agile" show. https://www.conversationaltransformation.com/troubleshooting-agile-podcast/

@chris.gallivan: not officially… however there are some of us in #happy-hour . 🙂

Isn't there some old adage about it always being #happy-hour somewhere? 😅

And @jtf - "Last Las Vegas" would make a great tag for this event.

We can add that to our bingo card in progress! (see thread in #happy-hour )

Excellent!

Done. All those 40 hour days and endless months to get here. Congratulations! Can't wait for us to all be back at the Cosmopolitan in Vegas. Until then onto another successful virtual conference. If London was any indication, we have a lot to look forward to.

Excellent work

alcohol stocked up to make up for all the missed drinking sessions

I started with tea and it may as well be the way I go on. We'll see

yesterday was a bummer. i started with beer and ran out after the first one. had to make do with soda by the end of it.

not happening again

I'm just glad that you aren't just winging it... #airlinepuns will you be giving out virtual snacks? Do platinum members get upgraded to secret slack channels? :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:

I’m full of airline puns.

Lots of great material there

Reach for the sky

we're out here just trying to keep it business classy 😃

Ask a question at every event. The presenters are looking for a signal that their content is hitting home and you can turn up the energy of the whole room just by asking questions! Also, coffee.

Find interesting people to talk to and talk to them. Start conversations. Happy hour.

Mention @genek101 in everything and... :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: Seriously - engage as much as you can. Ask that question, offer that commentary, share that insight, encourage that conversation - we are all better when everyone does.

Hey @adam - that’s my first DOES too. Let’s stick together as all freshmen do :)

Divide and conquer. Schedule out the ones you most want to go. Spend time in the various channels, lots of fun networking and also speaker tracks to engage them while their sessions are going on are a must.

Awesome information here! I'm a newbie to DOES and to virtual events. I'm looking forward to it! Thanks for sharing all the feedback!

And usually most important and easy to miss when you look at the program listing be sure to update it to your time zone on the right. The default setting is pacific. When it's the London event the default time is London time.

Be ready to collect URLs from the chat for reading later.