Enjoy the bumpy ride ahead!

All teams' I-Corps journeys start off happy and cordial; after all you did just win a competitive grant and some compensation to boot! Even well-formed teams struggle early on to find the right cadence, to truly absorb the results from their interviews, and to assimilate these learnings into a 6 minute weekly report-out.

Psychologist Bruce Tuckman came up with the memorable phrase "forming, storming, norming, and performing" in his 1965 paper, "Developmental Sequence in Small Groups." It describes the path that teams follow on their way to high performance. Later, he added a fifth stage, "adjourning" (also known as "mourning") to mark the end of a team's journey.

You can use this model to help your team perform better - communicate clearly, align agendas, and embrace the process.

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