Idea-sharing is a heavy-duty tactic for developing team spirit and teamwork because the exchange of information requires a high level of cooperation. This are the following idea-sharing tips:
Show and tell. Reserve a portion of each group meeting for idea-sharing or information exchange. During this portion of the meeting, the members might also be encouraged to provide constructive feedback to each other.
Clip file. Maintain a mutual clipping service where group members send copies of highly relevant newspaper and magazine articles to each other periodically.
Book club. Start a team book club that meets about six times year. Each team member takes turn leading a discussion on a book he or she thinks is useful for improving group performance. The book could also enlightening in general ways, such as broadening the thinking of group members. Each member of the team is responsible for reading the book ahead of the meeting. Many companies use the book club idea as a training technique in such areas as leadership, quality improvement, and diversity.
Email action. Encourage team members to send their “best idea of the week” to each other via e-mail. At the same time, discourage team members from sending cyberspace filler. Most people receive more low-value e-mail messages than they can absorb.
Idea sharing can build also a team spirit which give harmony to the team members. And it also enhance for the creative thinking because intellectual stimulation is enhanced with members.
