Team Cognitive Health playbook/Module 9 · Change & uncertainty

Day 89 / 100 · Change & uncertainty · Team resilience practices

Resilient teams have slack, not grit.

Team resilience isn't about toughing it out. It's the team's capacity to absorb a shock, adapt and recover. That comes from design.

Before

Build Capacity

  • Slack in plans
  • Cross-skilling (Day 26)
  • Runbooks and docs (Day 68)

During

Adapt Together

  • Clear roles, fast decisions
  • Short, regular check-ins
  • Scope cut early, not late

After

Recover & Learn

  • Recovery time (Day 49)
  • Blameless review (Day 55)
  • Update the playbook

Resilient teams have slack, not grit.

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