Expeditionary Behavior -- How to Cope With Isolation and Confinement During a Pandemic
These times are extremely unusual. Many founders and their family are in lockdown mode, and working in confined spaces for an indefinite period of time. How do you keep yourself and everyone else sane?
NASA astronaut Anne McClain explains that being up in space for months on end requires something called "expeditionary behavior." She has experience spending months in the International Space Station.
Expeditionary Behavior is a set of a social rules that ensure that people manage the stress of isolation and work with people in confined quarters for prolonged periods of time.
This can be useful for managing your own emotions while you are working from home or in lockdown with family or friends.
I think even during normal times the list of guidelines can make working with others to achieve common goals an easier experience, as often is necessary in startup development.
Here are the basic guidelines that you can follow. There are five of them.
1. Communicate -- talk so you are understood clearly; debrief discussions and solve disagreement by identifying stress factors
2. Leadership and Followership -- a leader actively sets the tone and followers (those ensuring action is taken) fit into the dynamic created by the leader to complete tasks
3. Self-care -- actively treating your own mood, doing things that increase health and hygiene
4. Team care -- monitor team for stress, create environment conducive to less stress; volunteer for unpleasant tasks to help take load off of others, etc.
5. Group living -- actively manage opinions, resolve conflicts, don't let things go unsaid; give praise and take responsibility for failures and setbacks
This all takes nuance and self-awareness. Your own team and your own outlook will differ from person to person and situation to situation.
But communication, conflict resolution, and being action oriented can take everyone a long way.
If you feel like you would like to reach out, and if you would like to share your approach to isolation and work during these times, drop us a line in the comments. We would love to know how founders are managing things lately.
The entire tweet stream about Expeditionary Behavior is linked below.
Doug Crets
Communications Master, AppWorks Accelerator
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