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offers ideas, and then a decision is made. Everyone agrees leaving the room that they’ve left the debate at the table. Creative discussion—This is brainstorming and blue-sky discussions. Everyone’s ideas are thrown up on the wall and everyone gets heard, but no decision is made. Info-sharing—You’re either telling me something or I’m telling you. Everyone’s job is to listen and maybe ask a clarifying question, but there is no discussion, no debate, and no decision is made. If the meeting does involve decisions, finish off with a statement, “Who is doing what by when?” Then go around the table and everyone should state what they are doing and by when. KEY 5: The 7-Minute Huddle Here is an example of an effective 7-minute “to the point” stand-up meeting with a full team—very much like a football team huddle. This type of meeting provides a pulse for the organization. Hold the quick meeting at 11 AM or 2 PM, which are at the two points of the day when energy is at its lowest. Start by sharing good news. Go through key metrics for the day. One area of the practice gives an update on their area one day and another the next day, etc., so that everyone is up-to-date each week on the entire business. Go through any missing systems for frustrations. KEY 6: The Post-it® Method The best meetings are being run by companies like General Electric and Starbucks. Cameron Herold always says his R&D stands for Ripoff and Duplicate, so he’s taken bits and pieces from other companies when…

Implementation of the Safety Huddle When communicating among team members on a critical care unit it is linked to patient safety. The unit that was described in this article was a unit that had communication barriers. The major problem was that there unit was shaped in horse shoe arrangement, with small working pod between each pair of patient’s rooms. The nurses were encouraged by the hospital to stay I their pods to remain closer to their patients. Staff voiced their concern regarding their…

Introduction Emperor penguins huddle together to survive in the freezing Antarctic with mild temperatures under -70oC. (figure 1). When the huddling procedure is used, the heat is transferred between penguins and half the amount of energy is required survive. • The huddling process of penguins are classified as a population as they are one type of species working together in the same area. (Gordon,2013). These huddling processes are affected by both abiotic and biotic factors. Abiotic factors…

It raised awareness as to the guidelines of DVT prophylaxis during surgery. In addition, we caught patient allergies to our standard prophylactic antibiotic that may have been missed. I also found that patients like being included in the huddle, instead of being talked around. Further efforts to evaluate the strategy of surgical team huddles using additional measures is ongoing, further research is recommended to determine effectiveness and sustainability. Longitudinal studies can be utilized…

student and leadership led initiatives to address and take steps to prevent gendered violence against women and to promote gender equality and healthy relationships in the community (HUMC & White Ribbon). The Huddle Up and Make The Call tool kit is available on their website as a module and “Coaches Playbook” document. The module addresses teachers, coachers and other community leaders by educating them. First on defining gendered violence and then goes on to address the many forms of gendered…

Emperor penguins are the only animal that stay in Antarctica during winter not only can they survive the most awful weather conditions on earth they walk a long distance to return to their birthplace to mate and produce offspring on the open ice. In early June once the females have laid her egg they carefully transfer the egg from on their feet to the father’s feet. The couple have to be very careful because if the egg stay on the ice for too long the chick inside will die. The mother penguins…

The Buccaneers haven’t exactly kept it a secret that they will spend a lot of time this season running a no-huddle, hurry-up offense. Second year quarterback Jameis Winston and the Bucs offense put together their best game of the preseason against the Cleveland Browns when Tampa ran out of the no-huddle every play the starters were on the field. Head coach Dirk Koetter surely couldn’t expect to use the hurry-up approach that much in a regular season game, could he? Winston and the offense have…

While developing the Huddle Sheet, she collaborated with the staff members of 7B and of other medical-surgical units, her nurse manager, assistant nurse manager, and the 7B charges nurses on each shift. When she developed the new report sheet for the nurses and nursing assistants to protect patient privacy, she received feedback from the 7B staff, nurse manager, and assistant nurse manager to design a report sheet that incorporated every pertinent aspect of each patient’s history that enhanced…

Leading up to my sophomore year in high school, I was first introduced to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) at Kutztown University. After my experience at the Kutztown Sports Camp, my parents and I were approached about bringing a student led campus ministry to Kent County High School. There was no question about whether or not I wanted establish this organization at KCHS. The thought of being able to share God’s love and sovereignty with my peers like my huddle leader did with me made…

Polar bears they have a thick layer of blubber that can be up to 10 cm thick covered with another 15 cm of fur, and penguins to have a thick layer of blubber several centimeters thick. This is a very good way for the penguins and polar bears to keep warm. Blubber is conduction because it is insulating the animal, and the animal touches cold air. The polar bear is a big animal so it absorbs more heat than a smaller animal (like the penguin) so the penguins huddle - since they are so small it’s…