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Disengagement and burnout have become the baseline for most teams. André Martin argues the fix isn't more individual coaching, it's building collective confidence: the shared belief a team can figure anything out together. Preorder Collective Confidence today! https://itrev.io/4xBOM89

Speaker Highlight: Fernando Cornago Global SVP Digital & Ecom Tech adidas Join us for the Enterprise AI Summit in Charlotte, NC, October 7-8! Learn more and register: https://itrev.io/4fT6c8Y

Coming this fall from David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren... The IT/OT Handbook: The Practitioner’s Guide to IT and OT Cooperation in Manufacturing: From Silos to Sustainable Digitalization Preorder now: https://itrev.io/4xV5kIz

What the experts are saying about Practice Makes Culture: “Practice Makes Culture is a gift. It offers readers the tools to begin practicing in ways that will change them—and the Cultures around them—forever.” —Cheryl Crupi, VP of SAFe Methodology, Scaled Agile, Inc. Order now: https://itrev.io/4hjACUr

Speaker Highlight: Nicky Pike Field CTO Coder Join us for the Enterprise AI Summit in Charlotte, NC, October 7-8! Learn more and register: https://itrev.io/4fT6c8Y

Join Elisabeth Hendrickson and Joel Tosi, the authors of the upcoming book Signals & Levers, for a workshop and more in November! Agile Testing Days Nov. 16 - 19, 2026 Potsdam, Germany Info: https://itrev.io/4bL0rcf Register: https://itrev.io/3Uru9wW

In 2004, the Los Angeles Lakers assembled one of the most talented rosters in NBA history. Four future Hall of Famers. A payroll that dwarfed the competition. They were supposed to win the championship. The Detroit Pistons had no superstars. Their starting lineup was built from castoffs and journeymen—players other teams had traded away, given up on, or simply overlooked. On paper, it wasn’t a contest. But when the time came, the Pistons dismantled the Lakers in five games. It wasn’t close. What the Pistons had—and what the Lakers, for all their individual brilliance, lacked—is what organizational researcher André Martin calls collective confidence: a shared belief that together, they could figure out anything the other team threw at them. Not individual talent. Not a superior game plan. Something harder to measure and far more important: the deep conviction that they could handle it together. Read more in today's article!

Speaker Highlight: Tapabrata "Topo" Pal SVP - Head of Developer Platforms M&T Bank Join us for the Enterprise AI Summit in Charlotte, NC, October 7-8! Learn more and register: https://itrev.io/4fT6c8Y

Speaker Highlight: Elisabeth Hendrickson CEO/Founder, Curious Duck Digital Laboratory Author, Signals & Levers (coming out this fall) Join us for the Enterprise AI Summit in Charlotte, NC, October 7-8! Learn more and register: https://itrev.io/4fT6c8Y

In 2004, a Detroit Pistons roster built from castoffs and journeymen dismantled a Lakers team stacked with four future Hall of Famers. Organizational researcher Andre Martin argues the difference wasn't skill. It was collective confidence: a team's shared belief that together, they can handle whatever comes. Most leaders pour resources into individual performance while team performance stays flat. Martin's research suggests the real gap is in belief, and unlike talent, belief can be built deliberately. In his new book Collective Confidence, Martin lays out six principles for building that shared conviction, drawn from case studies spanning healthcare networks, championship sports teams, military units, and startup founding teams. Read more: https://itrev.io/4i2l1Zp