Eduardo Salas co-wrote Teams That Work and has shaped team science for decades. I asked him how to turn a team of experts into an expert team.
Myths and evidence
Many common beliefs about teams get in the way of collaboration. Eduardo offers evidence-based guidance in their place. Team planning, action and learning all matter.
Interdependence
Task interdependence is central to understanding group and team context. We look at the Navy’s TADMUS program and aviation crew resource management, two efforts that shaped team science.
Planning and debriefing
Eduardo walks through effective team planning and debriefing and the role of a shared mental model. Debriefs reduce surprises. We also talk about what business leaders can learn from Coach Deion Sanders at Colorado.
Eduardo’s work runs from aviation to support for the Flow System that Nigel Thurlow, John Turner and I built. A shared mental model is shared orientation, and his research shows how teams build it.
What does your team do to build a shared picture before the work starts?
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