The Mental State of Flow - Our Superskill To Measure Team Effectiveness
summary
Argues that team effectiveness is measurable by sensing and nudging the group’s Flow rather than chasing dashboards, using the flow channel (challenge vs skill) as a visual decision tool, quick exercises and liberating structures to surface signals, and small interventions like WIP limits, daily observation and sprint goals to move teams up the channel. Gives concrete results: a five‑person backend team learns new skills and ships a mobile app on deadline, while daily happiness polls prove unreliable.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:15Measuring team effectiveness
- 18:26Teams and metrics limits
- 26:22Understanding flow
- 32:26Flow to measure teams
- 54:10Flow channel in practice
- 1:05:14Flow for management
- 1:12:16Final thoughts and audience questions
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