📺 Watch this episode on YouTube Slava talks about the experience he had facilitating co-creation of L&D course and together with Dima they brainstorm ideas for overcoming challenges Slava encountered. Dima once again tried to pronounce "Birmingham" correctly Baader-Meinhof corner: word "illustrious" L&D Mastery course Collective creativity Points series of events was creative 3 ways a problem and a team shape one another Assemble a team and let it find the best problem to solve Define a problem and then put together the best team that can solve Something in between Slava's MMFD to driving co-creation in a diverse team Motivation Meetings Freedom Deadlines Dima's thought pitfalls to avoid Do not stick to original plan (or idea) to religiously When evolution of the project runs into a dead end, don't be afraid to take a step or two back Mistakes Slava made in the process Over-managing the meetings not giving enough room to meaningful discussions Not creating convenient space for collaboration Lack of regular 1:1s Allow the team to self-organize! How to get the team to engage and care about the whole project Tuckman's stages of group development: forming–storming–norming–performing Developers, developers, developers! How to keep interest in the project going after the initial boost of enthusiasm? Next project: centralized or de-centralized?