Marshmallow Challenge

A few weeks ago I attended Innovation Pioneers tank meeting. The topic was agile teams and the impact teams have on companies ability to innovate. The event was hosted by IKEA Future Home Labs and the environment could not have been any more inspiring. I do not think I over estimate that every single attendee had more than one "aha" during the day. (Myself included.)

We always talk about how important team dynamics and capabilities are to an innovation driven company. During this meeting my personal reflection was - The TEAM is all that matters! At Googol we help companies bring opportunities to life. Right now we are working on how we can understand, measure and improve team dynamics in order to improve innovation capabilities. I appreciate all thoughts, experiences and input in this particular matter!

Anyhow, some of you might have done the marshmallow challenge? It is a really simple exercise with three major "ahas". You can read about it here www.marshmallowchallenge.com. I strongly recommend this exercise, it is fun, creates energy and will bring important insights to all team members. These insights might be a starting point in improving your teams innovation capabilities.