Smoking can fix a lot of our (team) problems
(Source: press.ikidane-nippon.com) An executive made a casual remark in a recent intact team development workshop, 'Smoking (together) can fix a lot of our problems'. Health hazard aside, his quote does highlight something important on team effectiveness. With context, what he meant is that when co-workers go out of workplace / meeting rooms and smoke together, they can talk more freely. A global CEO once said, 'What our organization needs is more "agenda-free, non-trans
