--- title: Ideas and practices to make your organization more agile, thriving and responsive. | Anthony Kim description: Anthony Kim is a Corwin Press bestselling author, with publications including The New Team Habits, The New School Rules, and The Personalized Learning Playbook. His writing ranges the topics of the future of work, leadership and team motivation, improving the way we work, and innovation in systems-based approaches to organizations and school design. Anthony believes that how we work is the key determinant to the success of any organization. He is a nationally recognized speaker on learning and his work has been referenced by the Christensen Institute, iNACOL, EdSurge, CompetencyWorks, Education Week, District Administration, and numerous research reports. In addition to his writing, Anthony is the founder and Chief Learning Officer of Education Elements, a trusted partner and consultant to over 1,000 schools nationwide. Anthony has been the founder of several companies across multiple industries, including online education, ecommerce, and concerts and events. --- - Categories ** - Follow Us ** - [ Subscribe ](https://www.edelements.com/subscribe-to-the-new-school-rules-blog) " - [** ](https://www.facebook.com/6NewSchoolRules/) - [** ](https://twitter.com/6NewSchoolRules) # new school rules, responsive organizations, decision making, district org design, school leadership NEW School Rules Blog The NEW School Rules: 6 Vital Practices for Thriving and Responsive Schools is both a practical guide for how to improve the practices of schools and districts as well as a thoughtful examination of the self-imposed barriers that can get in the way of getting work done in organizations. - Categories - Social - [** ](https://www.facebook.com/6NewSchoolRules/) - [** ](https://twitter.com/6NewSchoolRules) - [ Subscribe ](https://www.edelements.com/subscribe-to-the-new-school-rules-blog) #### Anthony Kim Anthony Kim is a Corwin Press bestselling author, with publications including The New Team Habits, The New School Rules, and The Personalized Learning Playbook. His writing ranges the topics of the future of work, leadership and team motivation, improving the way we work, and innovation in systems-based approaches to organizations and school design. Anthony believes that how we work is the key determinant to the success of any organization. He is a nationally recognized speaker on learning and his work has been referenced by the Christensen Institute, iNACOL, EdSurge, CompetencyWorks, Education Week, District Administration, and numerous research reports. In addition to his writing, Anthony is the founder and Chief Learning Officer of Education Elements, a trusted partner and consultant to over 1,000 schools nationwide. Anthony has been the founder of several companies across multiple industries, including online education, ecommerce, and concerts and events. - ** Connect with Anthony Kim ** - [** ](https://twitter.com/anthonx) [![Blog Feature](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/298890/blog-files/blog--cards-feature.png) ](https://orgchange.newschoolrules.com/new-school-rules-blog/tic-tac-toe-or-checkers-what-rules-do-your-teams-follow) [ Strategic Planning ](https://orgchange.newschoolrules.com/new-school-rules-blog/tag/strategic-planning)  |  [ Teams & Culture ](https://orgchange.newschoolrules.com/new-school-rules-blog/tag/teams-culture-remote-work) ## [ Tic-Tac-Toe or Checkers - What Rules Do Your Teams Follow? ](https://orgchange.newschoolrules.com/new-school-rules-blog/tic-tac-toe-or-checkers-what-rules-do-your-teams-follow) By: [ Anthony Kim ](https://orgchange.newschoolrules.com/new-school-rules-blog/author/anthony-kim) June 28, 2018 Take a look at your calendars and consider the number of meetings you have each week. Can you say that you go through most of those meetings and 100% finish on time and in each of those meetings you get 80%-90% of the agenda items covered? While getting all this done, can you say that 100% of all meeting attendees get a chance to participate? I can. Just tweaking a few things about your meeting will make a significant difference in your organizational culture. 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The goal of this activity is to promote trust in the workplace; unfortunately, it doesn’t work. That is, although we almost always catch the falling teammate, the trust isn’t easily transferred to the world of work, where the circumstances, the speed, and the definitions of roles and accountabilities are apt to be much different. 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