{"id":20369,"date":"2016-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/life-in-a-matrix-podcast-too-much-cooperation-going-on-episode-1\/"},"modified":"2020-04-03T14:16:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T14:16:15","slug":"life-in-a-matrix-podcast-too-much-cooperation-going-on-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/life-in-a-matrix-podcast-too-much-cooperation-going-on-episode-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in a Matrix Podcast -Too much cooperation going on? (Episode 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the first ever &#8220;<strong>Life in a Matrix<\/strong>&#8221; podcast on matrix management.<\/p>\n<p>Kevan Hall, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/\">Global integration<\/a> and author of the book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/virtual-teams\/speed-lead-book\/\">Speed Lead<\/a> talks about what is different about cooperation in large, matrix, virtual, global and other complex teams and organizations.<\/p>\n<p>He believes that too much unnecessary cooperation, communication &amp; control makes complex companies slow, expensive to run and less satisfying to work in.<\/p>\n<p>In this podcast, he argues that <strong>there is too much cooperation going on<\/strong> and recommends some practical steps to introduce simpler ways of cooperating that could help save you up to a day per week of unnecessary work \u2013 less teamwork \u2013 more freedom to get things done.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-20369-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-too-much-coooperation-going-on-life-in-a-matrix1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-too-much-coooperation-going-on-life-in-a-matrix1.mp3\">https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-too-much-coooperation-going-on-life-in-a-matrix1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0pt;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"title title--h4 title--purple\"><strong>Why not&#8230;.?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Subscribe to the RSS feed for this site so we can let you know when future editions arrive.<\/li>\n<li>Get the show\u00a0<a title=\"Life in a matrix podcasts\" href=\"https:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=283122969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">through itunes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read more from the Global Integration <a title=\"Time management\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/virtual-teams\/save-a-day-a-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Save a Day a Week Programme<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Contact Global Integration to find out more &#8211; there&#8217;s a handy form \u00a0to the right of this page (on most devices)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We would love to hear your comments on the content and format &#8211; we want it to be challenging and practical . 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