For this DEJ post, I reviewed the article 40 Years of Storming: A historical review of Tuckman’s model of small group development.

Text-to-Self: This article reminds me of the times I’ve been part of group projects in my academic and professional life. When I first started working on team projects, there was always that initial period of everyone being polite and trying to figure out their place, just like in Tuckman’s Forming stage. I’ve also experienced the Storming stage, where conflicts over tasks or leadership roles arise. It takes time for everyone to settle into their roles and for the project to become productive. The personal frustration and sense of satisfaction that comes from finally getting a group to work efficiently reflect my own experiences as a leader, trying to navigate these stages.

Text-to-Text: This article really makes me think of an article I read about in my internship I had this past summer called the 5x WHY. It is a foundational structure for establishing a team and solving a problem using a structured ethical approach. The models complement each other giving great insight into both the mechanics and emotional dynamics of teamwork.

Text-to-World: I have seen Tuckman’s model applied in my internship at Bosch where teams had to be established for specific projects. In which Tuckman’s model is applied every day to help facilitate the management of the teams to efficiently and effectively handle any problem at hand.