Perspective · Team leaders and team members

Achieve more by doing less

“I don’t need another item on my desk. I need a clear desk.”

In short

A SPARK is a team routine of around 20 minutes within the existing regular team meeting, developed by the TATIN Institute for Strategy Activation. Every perspective in the team is heard, and the team decides on a concrete step with an owner, a binding timeline and an impact check. The meeting gets shorter, and alignment with the strategy happens along the way.

What gets taken off your plate?

Your regular team meeting, as it often goes

The same people always talk, usually the loudest
Whoever speaks first stops 25 minutes later
There is no decision at the end
No next steps, let alone clear responsibilities

With a SPARK, in around 20 minutes

Every perspective in the team is heard and made visible, including those of the quiet ones
Contributions are automatically sorted and aligned with the focus areas
The team jointly chooses the issue that matters most right now
It decides on a concrete step with an owner, a binding timeline and an impact check
Documentation and feedback run automatically

How much time do you save?

A regular team meeting lasts 60 minutes on average. A single problem or the next steps can easily take up 40 minutes of that, because everyone speaks one after the other. In a SPARK, everyone writes down their view at the same time for three minutes, the contributions are clustered automatically, the team sets the focus and decides who owns the next step. That is 20 out of 60 minutes, so around 30% saved. And because a decision has been made, the follow-up meeting is no longer needed.

What does your own dashboard show?

Your impactYou see what your actions actually achieve in the team.

Relevant recommendationsThe dashboard recommends SPARKs that match your current challenges.

Your contribution to the goalsYou see how your team contributes to the company’s goals and KPIs.

How do SPARKs help in everyday work?

Spot problems earlyand solve them before they escalate.

Resolve priority conflictsWhen three things are urgent at once, the team decides together what comes first.

Ease friction at interfacesMake visible where collaboration with other teams is stalling, and agree on a concrete step.

Get through change togetherDuring restructuring, concerns come to the table before they paralyse. The team stays able to act.

Examples from day-to-day business

Sales: winning customers“What is stopping us from closing the deal with customer X this month?”

HR: attracting and retaining talent“Why do we lose applicants after the second interview?”

Controlling: keeping the numbers on track“What information are we missing to make the forecast reliable?”

How is your data protected?

Nobody is logged inTeam members take part without an account. It can never be traced who shared what.

Only you see your dashboardThis applies to you as a leader too: your data is visible only to you.

Analysis only in aggregateOnly data from at least five leaders is analysed. Individual teams are never visible.

Every solution contributes to the company strategy. Your contribution becomes visible.