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1 DISCUSSION SUMMARY- WORKING WITH TEAMS Robert Morris University MBAD-6015-L2: Leading With Agility Dr. Hongguo Wei and Dr. Eliada Griffin-EL November 6, 2023 Discussion Summary- Working with Teams

2 This week's discussion puts an emphasis on working with teams. After watching the ted talk, going over the reading, and participating in discussion with my classmates, there is a common theme of main points to remember. Discussion Marshmallow challenge After watching the ted talk, the main concept was the marshmallow challenge. I found that this video revealed deep lessons about the nature of collaboration and teamwork. Groups of four come together to complete a task as they would in their everyday job but they must collaborate quickly and think very carefully about each step. They have a set amount of time to build a marshmallow tower, and the groups who “beat the average” are not who you would think. The kindergarten group was consistent in being above average along with the engineers/architects. This is true because of how they got straight to the process of prototypes instead of coming up with one single plan and sticking to it. Whereas business students did not beat the average because they are trained to think like a CEO with one plan, disregarding issues that may arise and just continuing to push through until completed. Pertaining to the challenge, they did not win because they waited until the very end to put the marshmallow on top which resulted in collapse of the tower because of the weight added that could not stand by itself and time had run out. They began planning/organizing but most of their time was spent assembling the sticks. The “ta-da” quickly turns into “uh oh” because of the way the marshmallow causes the tower to buckle and fall over with no time remaining. I noticed that a good bit of students have never personally done the marshmallow challenge but do think it is a very good team building exercise. The reason behind this whole challenge is to "help identify hidden assumptions, provide shared experiences, common language, and prototyping and facilitation" (Wujec, 2010). High stakes have a strong impact on

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