Biweeklycast 30: Co-creation

📺 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sZNscsoJma0 Slava talks about the experience he had facilitating co-creation of L&D course and together with Dima they brainstorm ideas for overcoming challenges Slava encountered. * Dima once again tried to pronounce "Birmingham" correctly * Baader-Meinhof corner: word "illustrious" (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/illustrious) * L&D Mastery course (https://peoplefirst.club/courses/learning-and-development-mastery) * Collective creativity * Points (https://points.work/) series of events was creative * 3 ways a problem and a team shape one another * Assemble a team and let it find the best problem to solve * Define a problem and then put together the best team that can solve * Something in between * Slava's MMFD to driving co-creation in a diverse team * Motivation * Meetings * Freedom * Deadlines * Dima's thought pitfalls to avoid * Do not stick to original plan (or idea) to religiously * When evolution of the project runs into a dead end, don't be afraid to take a step or two back * Mistakes Slava made in the process * Over-managing the meetings not giving enough room to meaningful discussions * Not creating convenient space for collaboration * Lack of regular 1:1s * Allow the team to self-organize! * How to get the team to engage and care about the whole project * Tuckman's stages of group development: forming–storming–norming–performing * Developers, developers, developers! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxbJw8PrIkc) * How to keep interest in the project going after the initial boost of enthusiasm? * Next project: centralized or de-centralized?