Stories are inspiring and they can teach us lessons about what works.
But they also have their limitations. Stories have specific characters and are bound within a context. Someone in a different situation with a different style might not be able to replicate that.
Maths is the language of purity.
An equation abstracts what is universally true. As soon as it doesn't work in a given context, it is no longer true. So an equation can give us a frame of knowledge that empowers everyone.
In this episode we set out to try to identify what are the universal elements of a team that any leader could use as a guide.