#110 Jim Benson - The Collaboration Equation.

Summary Keywords people, kanban, organisation, build, team, company, culture, creating, tools, book, change, collaboration, work, communication, turner, mural, set, apologiseIntroduction Welcome to episode 110 of the Enterprise Excellence Podcast. It is such a pleasure to have Mr Jim Benson on the Podcast with us today. Jim is an expert in effectiveness for individuals, teams and organisations. Jim is a Shingo Research prize winner for his book with co-author Toni Dimaria Personal Kanban. Today we are going to discuss his new book The Collaboration Equation. Let's get into the episode.We are proudly sponsored by S A Partners, a world-leading business transformation consultancy.QuotesWhen your team gets together and you say what is the right environment that we need in order to actually act as a team? The second thing that you need is to understand how your work actually flows. And to take a good critical look at your team and ask your team, are we a team? Or are we a silo? 90% of the agile teams that I see are silos.Can you make not just a kanban but make a room full of visualisations virtual or otherwise called an Obeya that have all of the information that your team needs in order to get their work done? What experiments are in flight? What work is in flight? What stuff are you teaming on with other teams? What learning has just happened? What learning is coming up?So there are Obeya tools that are quite nice. Now that can work online. And a lot of my clients currently, that at the beginning of COVID, we're all co-located now can never be co-located again, either, because their people just said, Oh, my God, like I'm out of the office, and then they moved to another place entirely.LinksBrad is proud to support many Australian businesses. You can find him on LinkedIn here. If you'd like to speak to him about how he can help your business, call him on 0402 448 445 or email [email protected]. Our website is www.bradjeavons.com.Jim’s LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/jimbensonWhat next?1.     Watch our 2 min tip: Common Goal with Rugby and subscribe to our YouTube channel.2.     Listen to Enterprise Excellence Podcast 30, Dave Stachowiak, on How to Change Leadership Behaviour, One Step at a Time with Dave Stachowiak.3.     Join our membership page to access free planning resources.4.     Check out Jim's recommendation of software: https://www.iobeya.comTo learn more about what we do, visit https://enterpriseexcellencegroup.com.au/Thanks for your time, and thanks for helping to create a better future.