Comments on: The Power of an Effective Team http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/ It's about lessons learned... from life! Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:12:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Robert Hruzek http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4246 Robert Hruzek Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:43:46 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4246 <i>(Sounds of grinding gears, assorted bangs and thumps, a mechanical wheezing and finally a humongous explosion...)</i> Er, don't worry folks, no permanent damage done! Now let's see... where did I put that can of WD-40?<i>(more gears grinding...)</i> (Sounds of grinding gears, assorted bangs and thumps, a mechanical wheezing and finally a humongous explosion…)

Er, don’t worry folks, no permanent damage done! Now let’s see… where did I put that can of WD-40?(more gears grinding…)

]]> By: Jeanne Dininni http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4237 Jeanne Dininni Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:12:58 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4237 Good idea, Robert! Be sure to let us know what you come up with! I can only imagine how electrifying such a collaboration would be! Jeanne Good idea, Robert!

Be sure to let us know what you come up with! I can only imagine how electrifying such a collaboration would be!

Jeanne

]]> By: Robert Hruzek http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4161 Robert Hruzek Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:35:39 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4161 I couldn't have said it better, Jeanne! Hmmm... maybe there oughta be a way to harness a group of us into a real team project of some kind? Lemme think on that one a bit <i>(sound of grinding gears...)</i> I couldn’t have said it better, Jeanne!

Hmmm… maybe there oughta be a way to harness a group of us into a real team project of some kind? Lemme think on that one a bit (sound of grinding gears…)

]]> By: Jeanne Dininni http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4160 Jeanne Dininni Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:53:05 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4160 That's for sure! I also believe that in a similar, though not identical way, we bloggers inspire one another and trigger ideas and revelations about writing and life that help make one another's writing more interesting, vivid, informative, and engaging. It doesn't work quite the same way as it does with a team, because we aren't usually working on the same project as a group (except maybe, in one sense, for group writing projects). Yet, it does share the characteristic of each of us--through both our writings and our interactions--"zapping" one another with that bolt of inspiration that provides a chain reaction which can fire us up and make our own individual contributions to the "great conversation" so much better than they would have been had we written them in isolation. That's one of the best things about blogging! Jeanne That’s for sure!

I also believe that in a similar, though not identical way, we bloggers inspire one another and trigger ideas and revelations about writing and life that help make one another’s writing more interesting, vivid, informative, and engaging.

It doesn’t work quite the same way as it does with a team, because we aren’t usually working on the same project as a group (except maybe, in one sense, for group writing projects). Yet, it does share the characteristic of each of us–through both our writings and our interactions–”zapping” one another with that bolt of inspiration that provides a chain reaction which can fire us up and make our own individual contributions to the “great conversation” so much better than they would have been had we written them in isolation.

That’s one of the best things about blogging!
Jeanne

]]> By: Robert Hruzek http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4145 Robert Hruzek Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:40:28 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4145 Howdy, Jeanne! Yes that's exactly right - as each individual gets more "powered up", they bring the whole team with 'em! People tend to notice that sort of thing! Howdy, Jeanne! Yes that’s exactly right - as each individual gets more “powered up”, they bring the whole team with ‘em!

People tend to notice that sort of thing!

]]> By: Jeanne Dininni http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4140 Jeanne Dininni Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:20:44 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4140 Robert, Wonderful illustration of the magic of an effective team, where one member's "lightning" tends to trigger another's, and so on down the line until the brilliant display that comes from every member's unique contribution, as well as the entire team's shared inspiration, becomes visible to all! Thanks for sharing that highly illustrative image from nature! Jeanne Robert,

Wonderful illustration of the magic of an effective team, where one member’s “lightning” tends to trigger another’s, and so on down the line until the brilliant display that comes from every member’s unique contribution, as well as the entire team’s shared inspiration,
becomes visible to all!

Thanks for sharing that highly illustrative image from nature!

Jeanne

]]> By: Robert Hruzek http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4041 Robert Hruzek Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:43:51 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4041 Thanks, Amy! I'm glad you managed to get at least some of the sense of wonder we all felt at the time. Times like this, words are simply inadequate - like seeing pictures of the Eiffel Tower vs. actually standing <i>under</i> it. As I wrote this, I decided it might be fun to practice my prose. (Gearing up for that Great American Novel.) I love the music track idea! Mind you; nothing as obvious as the 1812 Overture. More like something Andrea Rieu would compose... Thanks, Amy! I’m glad you managed to get at least some of the sense of wonder we all felt at the time. Times like this, words are simply inadequate - like seeing pictures of the Eiffel Tower vs. actually standing under it.

As I wrote this, I decided it might be fun to practice my prose. (Gearing up for that Great American Novel.) I love the music track idea! Mind you; nothing as obvious as the 1812 Overture. More like something Andrea Rieu would compose…

]]> By: amypalko http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4039 amypalko Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:44:27 +0000 http://middlezonemusings.com/the-power-of-an-effective-team/#comment-4039 What a beautifully written post, Robert! I actually felt as if I were vicariously experiencing the storm you were describing. In fact, I could almost hear an accompaniment of classical music, in which all the individual instruments play their parts, eventually culminating in a final crescendo. Thank you for the muse! What a beautifully written post, Robert! I actually felt as if I were vicariously experiencing the storm you were describing. In fact, I could almost hear an accompaniment of classical music, in which all the individual instruments play their parts, eventually culminating in a final crescendo.
Thank you for the muse!

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