“When a group shares in the suffering , it actually brings the team together”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “The Infinite Game”
Tag: The infinite game
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Why is it natural to put numbers before people?
For finite minded leaders the natural instinct is to put profits and numbers before people.
This is because resources or profits fuel an organization’s growth and are tangible.There are various short cuts that can be adopted to report an improvement in profits and hence these short cuts are adopted by most leaders.Resource is tangible and related to financial metrics associated with an organization.
True infinite minded visionary leaders take the difficult path of putting people over resources.Putting people over resources entails investing in the intangible asset of “will” which cannot be manipulated by money.Motivating people to get the best out of them by creating a good environment goes a long way in inspiring the “will” of people to in turn take care of resources.
Thus being an infinite minded leader needs risk as well as a lot of hard work.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “The Infinite Game”
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Adopting “disruption” with an open mind
“Where a finite minded player fears things that are new or disruptive , the infinite minded player revels in them.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s great quotes
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The two most important components of culture
Culture has two main components:
- Values
- Behavior
To build a culture based on trust satisfying these two components needs a lot of work and risk on the part of an infinite minded leader.
Adopted from the book “The Infinite Game”
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How “trust” turns on the human brain
Human brain is hardwired to protect ourselves.We avoid danger and seek out places in which we feel safe.The best place is to be around people with whom we feel safe and the most anxiety inducing place is to be alone.
Thus a trustworthy environment is the best catalyst to get the best out of team members part of high performing teams.
Adopted from the book “The Infinite Game”
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Characteristics of trusting teams
These are teams where people feel psychologically safe with each other to express their vulnerability and hence these are high performing teams.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book “The Infinite Game”
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When leaders show their bias for scores
A finite minded , short term oriented leader tends to show a bias for the score.
As a result they often opt for choices that demonstrate results in the short time frame even if doing so “regrettably”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “The Infinite Game”
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Why trustworthy team members matter?
Trust is a reflection of true character of an individual and relates to emotional quotient or EQ
These team members with high EQ take personal accountability for how their actions affect the team’s dynamics and hence are an asset
Adopted from The Infinite Game
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Jack Welch and the GE work environment
Jack Welch’s judgement criteria was “Performance” and “Potential” with no regard to trust,
Potential is future performance and hence such an environment where people were pitted against each other was very unhealthy
Environments such as the ones Jack Welch cultivated tend to benefit and celebrate high performers including the ones of low trust
Had it not been for a $300 billion bailout by the government in 2008 , GE would have been history by now
Adopted from the book , The Infinite Game
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How does trust emerge in a group?
For the feeling of trust to develop we have to first feel safe to express our vulnerability.
Thus when we work in Trusting teams , we feel safe to express vulnerability
Adopted from the book The Infinite Game