TED, Tom Wujec: Build a tower, build a team

Te gek onderzoek – simpel, herkenbaar en toch verrassende inzichten over samenwerking in teams.

Spoiler alert: het idee achter deze oefening staat hieronder!

The Marshmallow is a Metaphor for the Hidden Assumptions of a Project: The assumption in the Marshmallow Challenge is that marshmallows are light and fluffy and easily supported by the spaghetti sticks. When you actually try to build the structure, the marshmallows don’t seem so light. The lesson in the marshmallow challenge is that we need to identify the assumptions in our project – the real customer needs, the cost of the product, the duration of the service – and test them early and often. That’s the mechanism that leads to effective innovation.

http://marshmallowchallenge.com/Instructions.html