A weekly mind meld

Leaders can often find it hard to build deep trust and alignment with their teams, especially if those teams are quite big, or if the leader in question is quite senior. Doing regular skip-skip-skip levels is out of the question, attending every meeting is impossible, and the power dynamics of the org can make it hard for staff to really get to know you one-on-one.

You need a solution that works for you and your team, and allows the most efficient use of everyone’s time, and is also archival, searchable, and shareable. The good news is that this solution already exists, and it predates slideshows, videos, and, come to think of it, even the internet. It’s called writing.

Since starting my new CTO role, I’ve been sharing a weekly update with my team. I think about it as a mind meld, which has the Wiktionary definition of:

From the Star Trek franchise, where the term was first used in 1966 for a telepathic ability possessed by the alien race of Vulcans to share thoughts and feelings with another individual.

From the Star Trek franchise, where the term was first used in 1966 for a telepathic ability possessed by the alien race of Vulcans to share thoughts and feelings with another