If one member of a team isn’t working towards the common goal, they won’t succeed. Social entrepreneur David Burns sees that in the work he does to help strengthen teams, viewed through the prism of sport.

In his conversation with Pia and Dan, David highlights the importance of respecting and honouring people’s cultural values within teams, even at the risk of his work being misinterpreted r met with resistance.

Takeaways from Dan and Pia

• A challenge can be flipped from something you have to do, to something you get to do.
• Seek first to understand.

Links

• Collective Leisure
• David’s appearance on Australia’s *Current Affair*
• SBS News’ coverage of David’s initiative to train and employ refugees as swimming teachers