Collaboration, innovation, trust, and team work are so important at AoE. We know culture doesn't just happen magically. It takes thoughtful work. This is why we have a full day retreat with our team each year. This years annual retreat at AoE started with Anna Baeten from Failure Lab who lead our team through a training which ultimately helped us each learn how we deal with failure and roadblocks differently. Anna took our team on a journey of self-reflection about failure and helped us determine how we view it personally and in other people. The day ended with a team scavenger hunt throughout our GR community which included some very competitive teams:)
Every year Array of Engineers has an annual retreat in June/July so our summer interns can participate. This year we really wanted to focus on genuine connections and understanding at a personal and team growth level. We have an amazing team at AoE who are some of the most innovative, thoughtful, and collaborative people I have ever worked with over my career thus far. But we are all humans who handle roadblocks and failures differently. On Monday Anna Baeten from Failure Lab lead AoE's 2024 annual retreat. Each teammate at AoE was able to spend this time to internally reflect and learn how they individually deal with roadblocks and failures. Then we were able to share this with each other. We learned that each one of us deals with failure and challenges differently and how to respect, give each other grace, and build a more trusting relationship knowing this! Embracing failure as a natural part of innovation and learning fosters trust, collaboration, and ingenuity. This ultimately is a huge part of the "engineering design process".
