In season one of Teamistry, we put the spotlight on teams behind the scenes, the people responsible for some of the greatest achievements of our times. Like the team of astronomers who gave us the first-ever photograph of a black hole, and the team that averted a nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In season two, host Gabriela Cowperthwaite takes us beyond the heroics of a single team and expands the focus to the power of multiple teams working together. How groups of teams – with different sets of skills, experiences, and even personalities – can embrace uncertainty, innovate, and tackle massive challenges. In this new season, we examine the story of Japanese watchmaker Seiko and how the company used internal competition to ultimately leapfrog the mighty Swiss. We follow the frantic moments where teams of teams, including international cave divers, doctors, engineers, government officials, and more, used communication to save a teenage soccer team from deep within a cave in Thailand. And you’ll hear directly from the “Trinity” – Iceland’s chief epidemiologist, the Director of Health, and the superintendent of police – who worked in harmony to contain the spread of COVID-19 when it threatened to become an outbreak.
Episode one of season two launches on September 21st. Teamistry is an original podcast from Atlassian.
Transcript
I’m Gabriela Cowperthwaite, I’m a documentary and feature filmmaker and the host of Teamistry – an original podcast from Atlassian. This show is all about the chemistry of teams – proving that when people work together, they can achieve more than they ever thought possible.
In Season one of the show, we put the spotlight on the people behind some of the greatest achievements of our times. Like the team of astronomers who gave us the first-ever photograph of a black hole.
CLIP (DOELEMAN)
when we saw this image on the front page of all the newspapers around the world, that's when it hit us that it meant as much to other people as it did to us.
In Season two, we look at the power of multiple teams working together. How groups of teams — with different sets of skills, experiences and even personalities — can embrace uncertainty, innovate, tackle massive challenges. Some of which are unfolding right before our eyes.
Like the team of health officials, biotech engineers and police in Iceland that fought the arrival of COVID-19, and won.
CLIP (VIDIR)
You have a task ahead of you that you know that will take months, probably no one will be able to take a day off … they will be frustrated from time to time. We decided that the only way to deal with this [is] as a team.
How Japanese watchmaker Seiko emerged at the top of its game through a healthy dose of internal rivalry.
Anthony Kable:
the different production teams and design teams, whenever they saw something new from the other team, was definitely pushing forward and saying, "Okay, we need to do better.” To try and push forward and have a more dominant point in the market.
And when the world held its breath as an international team of divers, doctors, soldiers and local volunteers attempted to rescue teenagers trapped in a dangerous cave in Thailand.
CLIP (City News)
Divers in a high-risk mission would help lead the group through a dark and flooded passage way.
Stay tuned for the next season of Teamistry, stories of perseverance and partnership — where groups of teams change who they engage with, how they communicate, and learn why working in a new way makes all the difference.
Download the new season starting September 21st, and subscribe – for free – on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen.