Christina Wodtke: Unleashing potential with extraordinary teams

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Christina's books:

The Team That Managed Itself (consider leaving a review here if you enjoy it)Radical FocusPencil Me In

People, articles, resources mentioned:

Reboot your teamDesigning the team you needThe dreaded weekly status emailRich Mironov lessons on people and systems (episode to come)Nicky Case - parable of the polygons on diverse neighborhoods"I drink your milkshake"Stanford GSB's most popular class: Interpersonal DynamicsGoogle's findings on psychological safety"The Executioner's Tale" — Radical Focus book MVPBOOKSThe Wisdom of TeamsThe Culture Map - Erin MeyerThanks for the FeedbackThe Fearless OrganizationA Theory of Everything (Integral Theory) - Ken WilberFlourish - Martin SeligmanThe Inner Game of Tennis & The Inner Game of StressTurn the Ship AroundThe Five Dysfunctions of a TeamQUOTES"I am sneakily trying to bring more humanity to it""There's no such thing as 'those people,' there's just people."" 'I'm not in charge' is just an excuse, an excuse for being afraid...somebody's got to go first"SHOW NOTES

Coming to California [0:03:23]
Christina's start in tech [0:06:39]
How did Christina get here? [0:07:36]
How do older & younger students affect each other in Christina's classes? [0:11:11]
What is Christina learning from her students lately? [0:12:41]
Christina's "unfortunate" personal quality [0:16:48]
Managing and teaching — do you need answers? [0:18:58]
What had Christina write THIS book? [0:20:16]
Treating your life like a startup & finding Product-Market Fit in your life [0:20:37]
How to validate a book idea, lean startup style [0:21:15]
Christina's big realization - what made OKRs work? [0:24:03]
The 3 things teams actually need [0:24:41]
What types of teams are there? [0:26:37]
Moving from a workgroup to a team [0:28:05]
What makes a team into a learning team? [0:28:49]
What makes a mindful, autonomous team? [0:30:16]
Radical Focus vs OKRs [0:32:56]
Trust & psychological safety [0:33:25]
The kinds of trust [0:34:25]
How trust is built differently across cultures [0:36:17]
In America, do we act like everyone is a robot? [0:37:11]
How can I chip away at cultural constructs? [0:38:50]
When is each type of team/group the right choice? [0:40:50]
What does it take to be a mindful team? [0:45:02]
How should people approach implementing these ideas? Giving feedback? [0:49:29]
Christina's "GASP" feedback framework [0:50:31]
Integral theory: I-We-It [0:57:51]
How long is this going to take? [0:59:50]
Where to start turning around a culture: compensation [1:02:20]
How does this team-level model integrate with the surruonding company environment? [1:05:48]
Can you make a healthy team in a dysfunctional company? [1:06:38]
Which team to start with [1:09:39]
Team health red flags to look out for [1:13:09]
GASP vs GROW? [1:16:15]
Your job as a leader [1:19:58]
The 9X process [1:22:30]
Goals, roles, and norms — and what people miss [1:23:41]
Isn't this too many meetings? [1:27:07]
How to create a lightweight meeting structure [1:29:28]
The thing that really makes the difference in goals [1:31:51]
Isn't this stuff all too "touchy feely"? [1:38:12]
Engineers are humans too [1:40:32]
The reality of work: nobody is in charge [1:41:59]
How to make a mindful team happen [1:42:47]
What impact does Christina want this book to have? [1:44:00]