#172: Coach Phil Jackson: Increasing the collective intelligence of the team

<p><br /></p><p>1. Why Coach Jackson spent a moment of reflection before each game.</p><p>2. How the Bulls embraced Scottie Pippen when he was going through a difficult family time.</p><p>3.  “Non-action.” Not getting involved from an ego perspective. Step back from the initial reaction. </p><p>4. Group intelligence. Smart teams. NASA example.</p><p>5. Letting a team fail. “Sometimes it’s good to fail…rather than inserting my impression of how to reset.”</p><p>6. The intelligence of the group is not correlated with the average intelligence of the individuals.</p><p>7. Why did Tex Winter say that some of the most troublesome players were the ones who came from engineering?</p><p>8. “Mind smarts” vs. “body smarts.”</p><p>9. Smartest teams: members contributed equally to discussion, they were able to read each other’s emotions, collective intelligence can be improved.</p><p>10. Not judging a team too soon.</p><p>11. Eye contact – differences found in some native communities.</p><p>12. Touching. How it can help some players relax, be reassured.</p><p>13. Allowing voices to be heard on teams. Calling on players who are not stars during meetings and video sessions. “What do you see here?”</p><p>16.  Player leadership. “It portrays itself on the floor…It’s pretty easy to see, because they see themselves as responsible for the other members on the floor.”</p><p>14.  “What kind of energy do you bring to the floor?”</p><p>15.  Motivational strategies. </p><p>16.  “We’re playing this game for ourselves. For who we are…We want to dance together.”</p><p>17.  Developing a smart staff. Giving coaches voice in choosing who they work closely with.</p><p>18.  Strategically dividing up the time-out periods. Everybody participated.</p><p>19.  Keep showing the players that the staff is a team, working in concert with each other.</p><p>20.  “One breath, one mind.”</p><p>21.  Increasing meditation time periods at various points of season – including the beginning of the season. “It becomes contagious.” Relaxing into the group. Being absorbed.</p><p>22.  Building bonds through skills and drills. Using motion as a rhythm.</p>