A few days ago, I was talking with an acquaintance about the notion of teams and encouraging people to work together as a team. I hasten to mention that this is the low-intensity civilian version of a team, with paper cuts as the worst danger to be faced. I realized that I didn't have a clue about how one might take a group of people and create any team orientation.
I, like many, have been part of a group called a team within academic classes. I've even tried to create them. But generally they consist of one or two people doing the work while the rest observe. At best, the work is divided up and the results reassembled a few minutes before it's presented.
A simple search using the word "team" produced 500 threads, but only one seemed even close to the question -
HERE, and it focused on the book "Leadership and Training for the Fight", which I've just ordered.
So...any ideas on how one might take an ordinary group of civilians, largely unmotivated and uninterested, all seeing no particular benefit in working as a team, and create some team spirit? And, once started, how might one build and develop the characteristic?
All thoughts and ideas appreciated, as always.