Teamistry
A Shot at Change: The Making of a Vaccine
In the West African country of Burkina Faso in the 1980s, an 18-year-old boy is killed in the road. Why? A case of meningitis. The meningitis epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa spurred a global race to find a vaccine, led by the founding of the Meningitis Vaccine Project. This network of doctors, vaccine developers, public health officials, and UN workers converged to develop an inexpensive vaccine – without Big Pharma. Instead, they built teams as an ecosystem of thriving partnerships.
When a Picture is Worth a Thousand Animals
In the desert plains of Northern Kenya, hundreds of people from around the world and different walks of life have gathered. The photographs they take with their GPS-enabled cameras might be humanity’s best shot at saving an entire species. This is the story of a shared mission, with the help of Wildbook, an artificial intelligence (AI) software program, that is saving animals – and the biodiversity of the planet.
Mission Impossible: The Thai Cave Rescue
Twelve Thai teenagers and their young soccer coach got stuck deep inside the labyrinthine Tham Luang caves of Thailand. Feared dead after a week, they were discovered alive by a British cave diver. Learn about the leadership and teamwork that enabled disparate groups to remain synchronized, overcome cultural barriers, and make life-or-death decisions during the rescue.
Iceland vs. COVID: containing a pandemic
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Iceland had become the worst-hit country in Scandinavia. But it reversed its fate, without a full lockdown. And to date, Iceland has seen very few deaths. How? Largely because of the harmonious collaboration of “The Trinity” – Iceland’s chief epidemiologist, Director of Health, and Superintendent of Police – who implemented the “pandemic plan”: a framework for working together and saving lives.
Seiko’s Duelling Factories
In the aftermath of World War II, Japan must rebuild its economy. Certain products become vital exports in the revitalization effort, including the wristwatch. Seiko leaps to the forefront of the recovery, but there’s a problem: their watches aren’t good. The company decides to bring R&D in-house to take advantage of constructive competition between its factories, and winds up going from industry failure to time-honored player on the world stage.
This is Teamistry – Season 2
Teamistry is an original podcast from Atlassian about the chemistry of teams, proving that when people work together they can achieve more than they ever thought possible.
The Team that Fashioned Apollo 11
What do you see when Neil Armstrong steps on the moon for the first time? Not his face. You see his moonsuit. An “individual spaceship” that was created by an unlikely and unsung team of craftspeople without formal degrees and myth-busting seamstresses – where a single bad stitch meant certain death for the astronauts.
The United States of Compromise
On the eve of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the French minister to America wrote to Paris, “What part of the United States would you like to take when it falls apart?” Find out how an unlikely team of delegates set aside the interests of their individual states to create a collective – The United States of America – through compromise.
Finding the Way to Google Maps
Because of Google Maps, the entire globe now seems within reach. The indispensable technology has changed everything from daily routes to road trips to navigating unknown territory. But the road to inventing Google Maps? That’s another story.
The Brilliant Success of Shackleton’s Failure
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail on the Endurance. But instead of becoming the first man to walk across Antarctica, his ship was marooned and he became leader of a different mission: keeping his crew of 28 alive. Travel back in time to discover the surprisingly modern leadership skills of Shackleton that saved all souls.
Saving Fukushima
On March 11, 2011 Japan was struck by a 9.1-magnitude earthquake that triggered a 14-meter-high tsunami that crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. As the world watched in horror, the responsibility of containing the disaster fell on workers who had to risk their lives to salvage the plant — and protect the planet.
The Car that Saved Ford
In 1985, the automotive giant Ford was teetering on the edge of financial collapse. The company needed a sensation. Enter: The Taurus. The breakthrough model wasn’t just a revolutionary product, it represented a revolution in how Ford operated at its very core, something that hadn’t changed in nearly a century.
Photographing a Black Hole
On April 10, 2019, the world saw what many thought was unseeable. A Black Hole. But how? In the second episode of Teamistry, host Gabriela Cowperthwaite discovers how an international team of astronomers and scientists made the greatest cosmic discovery of our times.
The Wizards of Menlo Park
It’s time to set the record straight: Thomas Edison’s greatest achievement was not the lightbulb. In fact, he wasn’t even the first to invent it. The unrecognized masterstroke of Edison was he brought together some of the brightest minds to collaborate, exchange ideas, and work in creative ways to change the world as we knew it.
This is Teamistry
Teamistry explores the untold stories of teams that achieve the impossible. Listen to the trailer.