Every one of us will experience this in our careers: some teams fall apart when a roadblock or a crisis comes up, while other teams adapt and still reach the goals. But what explains the difference? What do the successful teams do differently? We can gain some answers by looking at what happens when the consequences of team failure aren’t financial or social, but life-threatening. This is what happens in the air. Flying is an activity where most people focus their attention o

Let’s step back from business for a second. We will get back to it, but just for a second: Think about the last time someone said “It’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other. Let’s grab coffee sometime.” Your response is “Yes, that sounds great. We should definitely get together soon.” Now, if you follow that up with some proposed dates, you have a shot at actually linking up with the friend and finding out all the things that have been going on since you last saw each