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FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Google's "Perfect Teams" Reflect Berkeley MBA Curriculum |
Photo: Teamwork in action in the Cleantech to Market applied innovation course When Lecturer Brandi Pearce opened the New York Times Magazine's "Worklife" issue last week, she was thrilled. The lead story was a fascinating deep dive into Google's team performance research, and the conclusion sounded like a page from the Teams@Haas curriculum Pearce has spearheaded in the Berkeley MBA Program. The Google researchers, after hunting for patterns among 180 teams over more than three years, found that successful teams share certain "group norms:" specifically, a culture of empathy and communication, where everyone has a chance to speak and contribute. "It was really exciting for me see a company that so many people recognize come to the same conclusions that we have unraveled through science," says Pearce, who studies group dynamics in global organizations. These positive group norms that support the development of "psychological safety," as outlined in the article, are at the heart of the Teams@Haas curriculum, now in its third year in the full-time MBA curriculum. It's unusual in that rather than being a stand-alone course, Teams@Haas is woven throughout the program, building on itself as students gain new skills. The program culminates in the applied innovation courses, where students work with outside clients. (Read more about how the Teams@Haas curriculum helped a group break through even the most mundane challenges and build a successful team.) "Google highlighted the importance of creating a team climate in which people feel safe to take risks, where everyone's perspective is voiced, and in which members actively engage in reflection and feedback," Pearce added. Though it might sound obvious that teams where people listen to and respect each other perform well, it's sometimes easier said than done—especially in complex work environments where differences is required, and leveraging them is essential for growth and innovation. Effective collaboration requires a series of skills, such as giving and receiving feedback, that don't come naturally to everyone. Yet they can be learned. In addition to defining the behaviors that foster collaboration, Teams@Haas the curriculum gives students specific tools, which Pearce likes to refer to as scaffolds. “In a construction project, the scaffolding is transparent and strong, and can be reconfigured easily as the project evolves," Pearce says. "We give students a set of collaboration tools that do exactly that. ” Those tools include the interpersonal capabilities to promote a positive team climate and cultivate a shared understanding of goals, as well as how to recognize each other's motivations and coordinate work in a fluid and dynamic context. The curriculum also extends and reinforces the Berkeley-Haas Defining Principles: Question the Status Quo, Confidence Without Attitude, Students Always, and Beyond Yourself. Related stories: MBA Study Teams Yeild Insights on Diversity Leadership |
FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Google's "Perfect" Teams Reflect Berkeley MBA Curriculum |
Photo: Teamwork in action in the Cleantech to Market applied innovation course When Lecturer Brandi Pearce opened the New York Times Magazine's "Worklife" issue last week, she was thrilled. The lead story was a fascinating deep dive into Google's search for the ingredients of a perfect team, and the conclusion sounded like a page from the Teams@Haas curriculum Pearce has spearheaded in the Berkeley MBA Program. The Google researchers, after hunting for patterns among 180 teams over more than three years, found that successful teams share certain "group norms:" specifically, a culture of empathy and communication, where everyone has a chance to speak and contribute. "It was really exciting for me see a company that so many people recognize come to the same conclusions that we have unraveled through science," says Pearce, who studies group dynamics in global organizations. "Google highlighted the importance of creating a team climate in which people feel safe to take risks, where everyone's perspective is voiced, and in which members actively engage in reflection and feedback." These positive group norms that support the development of "psychological safety," as outlined in the article, are at the heart of the Teams@Haas curriculum, now in its third year in the full-time MBA program. It's unusual in that rather than being a stand-alone class, Teams@Haas is woven throughout the program, building on itself as students gain new skills. The program culminates in the applied innovation courses, where students work with outside clients. (Read more about how the Teams@Haas curriculum helped a group break through even the most mundane challenges and build a successful team.) Though it might sound obvious that teams where people listen to and respect each other perform well, it's sometimes easier said than done—especially in complex work environments where leveraging differences is essential for growth and innovation. Effective collaboration requires a series of skills, such as giving and receiving feedback, that don't come naturally to everyone. Yet they can be learned. In addition to defining the behaviors that foster collaboration, Teams@Haas the curriculum gives students specific tools, which Pearce likes to refer to as scaffolds. “In a construction project, the scaffolding is transparent and strong, and can be reconfigured easily as the project evolves," Pearce says. "We give students a set of collaboration tools that do exactly that. ” Those tools include the interpersonal capabilities to promote a positive team climate and cultivate a shared understanding of goals, as well as how to recognize each other's motivations and coordinate work in a fluid and dynamic context. The curriculum also extends and reinforces the Berkeley-Haas Defining Principles: Question the Status Quo, Confidence Without Attitude, Students Always, and Beyond Yourself. Related stories: MBA Study Teams Yeild Insights on Diversity Leadership |
FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Evening and weekend MBA Student Founds "Smart Mailbox" Startup |
Evening and weekend MBA student Shuai Jiang has come up with a better way to receive, track, return, and manage online packages. With a small team of fellow students and additional support from his part-time MBA cohort and the MBA curriculum, Jiang founded Enchantin Inc. and created the uCella Smart Mailbox, which secures packages when they are delivered or returned and can be managed through a mobile app. The startup already has $1 million in investments and several hundred pre-orders through its Indiegogo campaign. The company has also begun discussions with major couriers and e-retailers, not only in the U.S., but also in Canada, Korea, and Turkey, to form potential partnerships. Jiang hopes that this product will become the norm for e-commerce in the future. Says Jiang, “My vision is that uCella will be outside every house in the U.S and will become an essential package platform in the worldwide e-commerce ecosystem.” |
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