Pilar talks to Paul Thoresen about developing teams, trust, and using surveys in organisations.  Visit www.virtualnotdistant.com for information on our training, coaching and consultancy services.  Paul on Twitter https://twitter.com/surveyguy2 Paul on Medium https://medium.com/@SurveyGuy2 Paul talks about what he learned during his attendance to the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology' conference in Orlando. http://www.siop.org/conferences/17con/ The importance of change management for organisational psychology professionals, most of what we introduce in organisations is going to involve change. Experimenting vs piloting; they're different things. Look for Episode 9 of the Evidence Talks podcast with Paul http://www.futureworkcentre.com/what-we-do/education/evidencetalks/ There's a lot of research at the moment around teams. Paul recommends us to check out the work of Suzanne Bell https://twitter.com/TeamsLab Teams and groups; not everyone forms a team and that's ok! Sentiment analysis. The importance of propensity to trust and swift trust. (Check out episode 117 in this podcast, A Question of Trust and the blog post https://virtualteamtalk.com/2016/11/05/trust-in-teams-1/ ) How we can show we have integrity, competence and benevolent in virtual teams? Paul mentions this article from Science for Work: Teams Going Virtual: Why Focusing on Trust Matters http://scienceforwork.com/blog/virtual-teams-trust/ Paul explains the Rocket Model. http://www.therocketmodel.com/ To create strong teams, you need the processes around it. Dissecting the team. Using surveys in organisations. "Survey readiness checklist" Dialogic OD Paul's work. Social media as a support mechanism for freelancers. Cozy Calendar http://www.cozi.com/calendar/ virtualteamtalk.com