How to Have a Team That Doesn’t Suck
You’ve been on the good ones. You’ve been on the bad ones. Odds are you blamed the bad ones on the people. But usually the people aren’t the problem — the architecture is.
The Space Between is my white paper on team cognition — how teams actually think together, and what gets in the way.
Teams that work share mental models, distribute memory across each other, and build small rituals that let a group actually think together. Teams that don’t, don’t.
I can show you what cognitive scientists have figured out about how this works, why bad teams fail in predictable ways, and what to do about it before Monday.
Plus: what happens when the teammate you’re thinking with isn’t human.
If any of this resonates with a team you’re leading, I’d love to talk it through with you.
Nonprofits: I also offer pro bono consulting on team training, organizational architecture, and AI policy and governance — I can take on a couple of organizations at a time, so if this fits, let’s talk.