Creating order out of chaos with team flow

The Dutch Journal for Coaching (Tijdschrift voor Coaching) asked us to write an article on team flow for its "Chaos" theme issue. Indeed, within and between organizations today, things can be quite chaotic. How do you get structure to this and to what extent should you want it? We applied bringing order to the practice of professional learning communities in which members of different organizations try to achieve collaborations. And what is the role of the coach in such a process? Download the article for free here.

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Scientific publication

Creating order out of chaos with team flow

The Dutch Journal for Coaching (Tijdschrift voor Coaching) asked us to write an article on team flow for its "Chaos" theme issue. Indeed, within and between organizations today, things can be quite chaotic. How do you get structure to this and to what extent should you want it? We applied bringing order to the practice of professional learning communities in which members of different organizations try to achieve collaborations. And what is the role of the coach in such a process? Download the article for free here.

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