They say that a great team is the sum of all of its parts, there’s no I in team, everyone knows those common sayings but the question is what actually makes  a great team and it’s this elusive search that many people go through whether you’re in a professional setting, in a business setting or in a sporting setting, everybody is looking for what is dynamic makeup of that team that will get me the absolute best result when it comes to how they perform, how they get on with each other and ultimately how they can succeed as one collective unit.

It’s very true for founding teams that this is even more critical. How do I put together  a team that’s going to get me the absolute right outcome and lead me to a path of success when the road is very rocky along the way? 

Katharina Kuehn and I sat down to really go over this in more detail, but specifically looking at it from a lens of neuroscience. What is it that makes great teams at a fundamental level, the emotional level and how do values play into things? 

0:00 - 1:57 - Intro

1:57 - 7:05 - Composition of a high performing team

7:05 - 9:04 - Evolutionary advantage of diversity

9:04 - 11:35 - Origins of a founding team (promo clip - diversity of values)

11:35 - 13:11 - Evolution of needs

13:11 - 15:35 - The golden triangle: visionary, hustler hacker (promo clip)

15:35 - 16:42  - Diversity vs uniformity

16:42 -20:23 - The emotional makeup of a founder

20:23 - 23:29 - What drives a founder?

23:39 - 26:07 - The dangers of getting it wrong

26:07 - 28:07 - Managing expectations

28:07 - 30:38 - Overcoming adversity

30:38 - 33:06 - The importance of shared values (promo clip)

33:06 - 34:20 - Outro