In times of crisis, community collaboration can be a powerful force for relief efforts.

Gaz Breen's coordinated efforts during the 2022 Burringbar floods demonstrated the importance of identifying our strengths and assets to contribute to a larger effort. Pia witnessed the recovery efforts that Gaz organised, and in their conversation, they discussed the significance of being an asset rather than a liability when facing difficult situations.

Takeaways from Dan and Pia

• In a disaster, every team member's contribution is essential. By recognising and utilising individual strengths, the team can work together more effectively to achieve their goals.
• It's essential to ruthlessly exclude anything that doesn't help, and prioritise effectively. By doing this, individual strengths can be recognised and utilised, allowing the team to work together more effectively towards.
• All team members have an opportunity, and a responsibility, to match their own skills to the wider needs of the team.
• If your higher intent is clear, what some might call disobedience, others would call innovation.
• Diverse teams need integration and synergy, not simply combining different people together.

Links

• ‘Next level destruction’: NSW residents detail the moments floods devastated their homes
• Arthur Schopenhauer quote
• Will it Make the Boat Go Faster? Olympic-Winning Strategies for Everyday Success, by Harriet Beveridge and Ben Hunt-Davis
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