Borrowed Brilliance: Team Sprint
A simple way to upgrade how your business thinks about important issues.
Without needing a meeting, you bring together a small group of your people. Each one applies a different thinking approach from the Supercharged Thinking toolkit to a clearly defined question. They work independently – not in meetings or groups. Just structured, deliberate thinking in their own best thinking time.
The result isn’t a collection of opinions – it’s a set of sharper insights you wouldn’t have reached alone.
And in a small business, this matters more than you think. Your people already know each other; they understand your business; and while time may be tight, every person’s thinking carries weight. And when thinking improves, so does everything else. This approach activates the intelligence you already have by using your people more effectively and giving them a way to contribute beyond their role.
Doing this, you’re not just solving a problem. You’re saying you trust your people to think at a higher level, and that you’ll use real business challenges to develop them. That changes the tone of the business.
And this is where Corporate Love comes in.
No business can guarantee employment. Markets shift, technology moves, and roles change. What you can do is increase the value of your people – for now and for the future.
Corporate Love is a simple idea: help people become more capable, more valuable, and more employable while they are working with you.
A Borrowed Brilliance: Team Sprint puts that into practice.
It’s a way to develop thinking capability through a visible signal of trust, and it’s a practical way to involve your people in meaningful work they may not normally get a chance to do.
You’re demonstrating: “We’re not just paying you to do your role. We’re investing in how you think, how you contribute, and how you grow your value.”
That’s a different kind of contract – and one that employees notice.
What this gives your business
- Better answers to important questions
- Input from across the business, not just the usual voices
- Stronger engagement from people who feel their thinking is valued
- A practical way to develop capability while doing real work
- A culture signal that thinking matters here
Borrowed Brilliance: Team Sprint isn’t a workshop, brainstorming, or another meeting. It’s a better way to think that uses the people you already have.