From the frontline of firefighting with Sandy Quirinale

25/02/2022 34 min Episodio 19
From the frontline of firefighting with Sandy Quirinale

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Pia and Dan are joined by former corporate worker and now voluntary firefighter Sandy Quirinale.After her second son became interested in the fire service as a teenager, Sandy decided to sign up. She’s currently the only active female firefighter at her rural New Jersey station, and so brings her insight into diversity and teamwork within this highest-of-pressure situations.Takeaways from Dan and PiaDiversity allows for us to pick the right person for the job within a team.That in turn helps people feel less like they need to hold on to a specific task.Improvising and thinking outside of the box isn’t appropriate in every situation, and for every team. There is benefit to sticking with tried-and-tested methodologies.LinksWe Not Me episode 17: Teams in adversity, with guest Jim Molan