...And Welcome to Day 2.

Reflections on day 2...

It feels like we've been together a whole lot longer than 2 days.  Certainly that is a function of the team building exercises that we've been doing.

I was less tired at the end of day 2 than I was at the end of the first day.  I now realize that it was because I became wired (not as a result of drinking coffee - I had only one cup after lunch) which resulted in not falling asleep when I first went to bed and then lying awake watching the clock starting around 4am.

What we did

We worked on an Arctic survival exercise where you rank order 15 items needed for survival.  I was not very good at it as an individual.  As a team we worked great together!  That means that we got a WAY better score.  It helps to have engineers who have been in the terrain that the "crash site" was in.  That's how we learned that a compass is useless if you are surrounded by iron ore.  And having a forester on the team who said you would wander around forever lost if you tried to navigate around the lakes.

Then we set the groundwork for establishing our team's Mission, Goals and Norms.  Once we were set loose to actually do the work, we decided to go for a walk and get some fresh air.  It was after 4:30pm and we had been going pretty much non-stop.  So, a little stroll along Sparks Street got us moving and some fresh air into our bodies.  We then worked on our Mission, Goals and Norms and finished a little bit earlier than we had scheduled.  I wonder if we sacrificed effectiveness for efficiency.  I guess we'll find out when we meet with our team coach on Sunday night.

Notes to self...

Girly shoes are not good for extended walks on city streets.  Especially with fast walking guys.

Work on finding your voice...  Those guys can really take over if you let them.