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Secrets Of Successful Teamwork: Insights From Google

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Warm-up Questions

What do you think the “secrets” of successful teamwork might be?
Why do you think Google would study teamwork inside the company?
What makes a team successful in your experience: skills, personality, or communication?

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Secrets Of Successful Teamwork: Insights From Google

Why teamwork matters & Google’s research question (00:00 – 01:22)

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1. According to the video, why do companies encourage employees to work together?

Because employees prefer to work alone
Because teams usually innovate faster and achieve higher productivity
Because teams always avoid mistakes completely
Because teamwork makes budgets smaller

2. How long did Google track the teams in the study?

Three months
Ten years
One year
Three years

3. What was the goal of Google’s Project Aristotle?

To replace managers with AI
To hire only extroverted workers
To find the traits of the highest performing teams
To prove that friends outside work perform better

Secrets Of Successful Teamwork: Insights From Google

What didn’t matter & the first key behavior (01:22 – 02:31)

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1. Which factors did researchers NOT find meaningful patterns in?

The amount of money the team spent
A mix of specific personality types, skills, or backgrounds
The office location
The team’s product name

2. What was the first behavior that strong teams shared?

Only leaders spoke during tasks
Everyone worked in silence
Team members spoke in roughly the same proportion
Teams avoided all conflict

3. What happened when only one person or a small group spoke all the time?

The team became more creative
The team finished tasks faster every time
The collective intelligence declined
The team got more funding

Secrets Of Successful Teamwork: Insights From Google

Social sensitivity & psychological safety (02:31 – 04:01)

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1. In the video, what does “social sensitivity” mean?

Being sensitive to bright lights in the office
Talking more than others in meetings
Avoiding social situations at work
Being skilled at reading how others felt from tone and nonverbal cues

2. What is one easy way mentioned to test social sensitivity?

Track how many emails someone sends
Measure typing speed
Show photos of a person’s eyes and ask what they are feeling
Ask someone to solve math problems quickly

3. By the end of the project, what did researchers conclude mattered most?

Which department the team belonged to
How long meetings lasted
Who was on the team
How team members treated each other

Secrets Of Successful Teamwork: Insights From Google

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1. Which combination best matches the video’s main findings about successful teams?

High salaries + big budgets
Balanced speaking time + social sensitivity
Strict leadership + long working hours
Same personality type + same background

2. What is the best meaning of “psychological safety” in this video?

A team has security guards in the office
People feel safe to speak and are respected and listened to
Everyone agrees all the time
No one gives feedback

3. Which statement best summarizes the video’s message?

Successful teams are made of friends who socialize outside work
Successful teams need one strong speaker to lead every task
Successful teams depend mostly on communication and respect
Successful teams depend mostly on skills and backgrounds

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

Secrets Of Successful Teamwork: Insights From Google

In your classes or workplace, do people speak in roughly the same proportion? What could improve this?
What are some signs that someone on a team feels “upset or left out”? How should teammates respond?
Do you think it matters who is on the team, or mostly how people treat each other? Why?
What practical rules could a team use to build a psychologically safe atmosphere?