In part two, Richard Coates picks up with the third pillar of ProSocial: contextual behavioural science and ACT, and how psychological flexibility, values, and an awareness of our threat system shape how we behave within groups.
Richard and Dr Jess discuss what a ProSocial session with a struggling NHS team actually looks like, including the ACT Matrix tool, and explore the common mistakes large organisations make when trying to foster teamwork from the top down.
The conversation also covers the economic case for investing in team cooperation, the importance of bottom-up values over imposed ones, and a vivid real-world example of ProSocial in action during the 2014 Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone.
We end with a story about psychopathic chickens that just might change how you think about building a great team.
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ProSocial World: https://www.prosocial.world
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