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Fabio, the FA & Fear

Jeremy Holt, team psychologist and Managing Director at the Centre for Team Excellence, offers new insights into why the England football team has derailed at previous World Cups and what can be done.

 

Food? Footwear? Innovation?

 

Paradoxically, game changing innovation depends on teams, but most teams are profoundly anti-innovative. In this article innovation expert Dr Karim Benammar explains how to crack the paradox and create Team Genius.
If you are thinking “True, but not in my team” pause and think harder about the last time your team came up with a game changing innovation. When did you last slay a sacred cow?

 

Pompey – proud, passionate & penniless

 

Why do some teams command loyalty, whilst others have to buy it and why do some businesses share the same fate?

Psychologist Nick Clark explains how team membership can motivate individuals to extraordinary achievements regardless of compensation and argue that teams are a source of motivation that only negligent organisations ignore.

 

Inside the brain of Jonny Wilkinson

 

In a thought provoking article psychologist Jeremy Holt explains how recent breakthroughs in neuroscience enable us to better understand how team dynamics stifle innovation before it even begins. Illustrated by examining the neurological processes of one rugby player, Jonny Wilkinson, Holt makes deductions about developing innovation that applies to all teams.

 

Domestique Bliss

 

This article, in a series that connects business teams with sport, looks at the Tour de France – the ultimate individual sporting challenge, but unlike any other race, most of the riders are trying not to win!

Jeremy Holt and Karim Benammar explain how teams, not individuals win the Tour de France.

 

Teaming up with the enemy?

 

How can individual stars be transformed into a team  capable  of  putting  rivalries  to one  side  for  team  victory?  In this article Dr Karim Benammar investigates how the challenges play out in Olympic Speed Skating teams.