From the frontline of firefighting with Sandy Quirinale

Pia and Dan are joined by former corporate worker and now voluntary firefighter Sandy Quirinale.After her second son became interested in the fire service as a teenager, Sandy decided to sign up. She’s currently the only active female firefighter at her rural New Jersey station, and so brings her insight into diversity and teamwork within this highest-of-pressure situations.Takeaways from Dan and PiaDiversity allows for us to pick the right person for the job within a team.That in turn helps people feel less like they need to hold on to a specific task.Improvising and thinking outside of the box isn’t appropriate in every situation, and for every team. There is benefit to sticking with tried-and-tested methodologies.LinksWe Not Me episode 17: Teams in adversity, with guest Jim Molan