What Wildlife Photography Taught Me About Building Strong Teams – Share Your Thoughts

Hi Guys, my interest in wildlife photography gives me an opportunity to observe animal behaviors from many angles. Here are some of the experiences and learnings from the wild, which gave me a clearer insight into the way the best teams work.

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I admire you for being a passionate animal lover. I appreciate you for sharing the beautiful photos of the mischievous monkeys. But I commend you for the effort that you have shown to transfer the wisdom of animal life in wild jungles to the corporate life in concrete jungles. Yes, the three questions are relevant. There are lessons to be learned from these wild animals. Most importantly, the lesson of sustaining unity in diversity to combat adversity.

Managing Diversity at the Workplace

Managing diversity at the workplace is therefore assuming greater significance to harmonize issues between genders, nationalities, and generations (Generation X and Generation Y). This involves the reconciliation of differences in thinking, neutralizing prejudices, and resolution of conflicts. What is to be driven home is the 'wake-up call' to everyone in the team that 'united they stand and survive.' Keep posting your photos that teach us lessons of life.

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B. Saikumar

I really appreciate your approach to "Team Management Skills - Through Nature." Yes, one should learn about this from nature. Human beings can understand various management skills from nature and various age-old fables. It's a really good article.

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PBS KUMAR

It's NOT JUST about understanding management skills from nature—in fact, nature has solutions to many problems, issues, and situations we human beings face. Also, nature's contribution to our technological progress has been phenomenal, even though not widely known. A case in point is the 'Velcro Fastener' that we regularly use for every application that needs fastening and unfastening easily. It was developed during the 1940s when a scientist noticed a spider in the Amazon being able to walk upside-down on roofs without falling down. He studied its legs and noticed the design—by nature, obviously—that we now see in every Velcro fastener: hooked endings, rigid enough to hold/latch-on, but flexible enough to detach easily with just a pull. There are scores of such examples that have made us what we are today, where nature has contributed.

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TS

Hi TS, Thank you for appreciating this article. You are right about nature—it holds a hidden treasure of learnings for us. I think we need to have the right lens to understand and unfold this mystery.

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Nitin

I am glad that you appreciate the learnings coming from a great source—Nature! I would love to hear your experience on such learnings.

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Nitin