Business buzz words are often over used but sometimes they are very accurate.  Collaberation and teamwork are such  oft overused phrases, sometimes they become just lip service.

I did some volunteering today giving out treats at U of A green and gold day.  The day is an annual celebration of the institutes spirit with a parade, special events, beer tasting, food trucks and best of all free Tim bits and maple leaf cookies.

Teamwork works

At the treats table there were three of us handng out treats.  This entailed placing a napkin and adding a Tim bit and cookie.  My observation was when two of us coordinated the tasks (i.e., teamwork) we could set out three times a many treats as the third person working alone.

Ah ha, teamwork really is more effective.  Best of all my co-volunteer and I had loads of fun poking at each other.  So we were fast and having fun.

Duh

I can hear the feedback to this post, “really that’s the best topic you could find for todays post..Wow, your creativity needs a jolt.”   Un moment s’ll vous plait (hold on a minute please).

Todays scenario was an eye opener for me because it was such a simple use case, the impact of teamwork versus individual effort was imminently measurable.  So the theory becomes a law.

It’s logical to assume teamwork or collaberation is better than individual effort, now I know the theorectical assumption can be, in fact, proven to be true.