Communication styles have assumed important new dimensions. Excuses, for instance, have dwindled. Boot-campers are expected to explain how they can get something done, not why they can't. Beyond its power to unify and motivate a team, a strong, shared vision works like a conceptual road map or, in McCarthy's computer metaphor, a set of design algorithms. Here's an easy example.
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Beginners need more feedback to proceed. Once adopted, these elements, or algorithms, serve as guides for all team actions and decision. A shared vision, in the TeamworX view, is the conceptual Holy Grail. Getting a vision requires massive input from all team members about how and what each will contribute, and also about how a project reflects their core values, their fears, likes and dislikes. Given the importance and complexity of vision-making, this is one of the few stages at BootCamp where TeamworX instructors will step in and offer a traditional lesson.