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Les Pardew
- Dec 5, 2019
- 4 min
Lessons From Ford v Ferrari
Like Ken Miles, each of us need to find our perfect lap.
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Les Pardew
- Apr 2, 2019
- 3 min
Team Building at Mystery Escape Room
Fun, Affordable and Effective Pardew Principle has joined forces with Mystery Escape Room because they really understand how to put on an...
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Les Pardew
- Oct 3, 2018
- 4 min
Multiplying Results
Solving problems as a team has a multiplying effect that is very powerful. It isn’t just that it can create a solution faster than...
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Les Pardew
- Aug 8, 2018
- 3 min
Team Diversity
Team diversity is a big buzz word in business right now, but what does it really mean and how does it help teams solve problems better?...
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Les Pardew
- Jul 25, 2018
- 4 min
Information and Teams
Teams often have uneven distribution of information, which can cause problems when the tea tries to solve problems together. The issue is...
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Les Pardew
- Jul 12, 2018
- 3 min
Leading Problem-Solving Teams
In observing thousands of teams, we start to see patterns of behavior that give us insight into how teams can best be lead during the...
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Les Pardew
- Jul 4, 2018
- 3 min
The Puzzle Test
How a team reacts to a puzzle can give us insight into the problem-solving process and help us better understand how to help them...
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Les Pardew
- Jun 20, 2018
- 2 min
Teams That Fear to Speak
Fear and apprehension are two of the major roadblocks to great team interaction. We see this all the time as we study teams in our escape...
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Les Pardew
- Jun 13, 2018
- 3 min
When it Comes to Teams, Numbers Don't Lie
We’ve collected a vast amount of detailed data since we started doing team evaluations of every group team that comes and does one of our...
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Les Pardew
- Jun 6, 2018
- 3 min
What Role Does Fun Play?
Sometimes what we see doesn’t become clear right away. I’ve studied teams for a long time. Our research has given me the opportunity to...
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Les Pardew
- May 30, 2018
- 3 min
Learning From Children
Sometimes it takes more than a super sharp team with skill and knowledge in a broad rang of areas to succeed as a great problem-solving...
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Les Pardew
- May 23, 2018
- 2 min
The Speed of Creativity
How do we measure the speed of creative thought? Is it even possible to measure creativity let alone how fast creativity happens? I...
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Les Pardew
- May 16, 2018
- 4 min
Respectful Teams
How big of a role does respect for fellow team members play in the development of great teams? Respect for all the members of a team is a...
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Les Pardew
- May 9, 2018
- 3 min
Measuring Team Unity
Karla hated her job. It wasn’t that she hated the work. She loved working with people and helping them with their health problems. She’d...
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Les Pardew
- May 1, 2018
- 3 min
Problem-Solving Teams
Team problem solving is different than other work-related team tasks and requires a different style of management. Teamwork is often...
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Les Pardew
- Apr 9, 2017
- 2 min
Are We Managing Teams Wrong?
Recently we started to look at our data in a different way. We wanted to see if there was significant differences between teams that knew...
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