3 Idiots crossing valley

The cartoon on the right depicts that there are 3 persons on a construction site trying to cross over from one beam to other with only one prop and that is a pole. 

Classical Approach

This is one of the best example of teamwork. It is clearly visible in the cartoon that each one is in a vulnerable position in one instance and the other two is carrying him/her. We can infer that in a team, there is a high probability of one of the team being in a vulnerable situation and that is where the teamwork comes in. The team should help their team member in the time of difficulty.

The situation can further be dissected and analyzed with 9 situation:

Front Leading person is A, Middle person is B, and Last person is C. 

	Each Persons Moving Position	Person - C	Person - B	Person - A
1	^^^	1C Safe	1B Safe	1A Safe
2	^^^	2C Pull Down Safe	2B Fulcrum Safe	2A Half Safe
3	^^^	3C Pull Down Safe	3B Fulcrum Safe	3A Hanging in AIR -UNSAFE
4	^^^	4C	4B Fulcrum & Halfsafe	4A Half Safe Pull down
5	^^^	5C Carry Safe	5B Hanging in  AIR  UNSAFE	5A Carry  Safe
6	^^^	6C Half safe	6B Fulcrum & Half Safe	6A Pull Down Safe
7	^^^	7C Hangingin AIR  UNSAFE	7B Fulcrum	7A Pull Down Safe
8	^^^	8C Half Safe	8B Fulcrum Safe	8A Pull Down Safe
9	^^^	9C	9B	9A
		Safe	Safe	Safe

So, broadly there can be 4 situations

Safety	Situation A	Situation B	Situation C	Situation D
Safe	0	3	6	9
Half safe	0	3	2	0
Unsafe	9	3	1	0

Situation A is the worst possible and situation D is the best possible. So, our aim is to travel from situation A to Situation D by exercising excellent management skills.

Distributive Leadership

Here the concept of distributive leadership can be understood. As the person leading from the front can be considered as leader initially, but as his position becomes vulnerable next person should take on the leadership and it can be further passed on. So, every person in this team should have quality of a leader and should also have the tendency to take over. This can be related to flat management style with no hierarchy and everyone can assume the leadership.

Pre-planned exercise

Another perspective here can be that the crossing may be planned in such a manner that the team can cross over with just following standard procedure. The procedures should be extremely clear and to the point, in order to follow without hesitation or ambiguity. 

Our Take in Class