{"id":312,"date":"2024-10-04T12:37:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T10:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/?page_id=312"},"modified":"2025-12-01T17:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:04:29","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/online\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><nav style=\"line-height:1\" class=\"items-justified-center wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-72be065f wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"People \u2013 Level 2\"><ul style=\"line-height:1\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__container items-justified-center wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/origin-and-culture\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Origin and Culture<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/personality\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Personality<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/work-gearing\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Work gearing<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/leadership-styles\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Leadership styles<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-duotone-orange\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);min-height:200px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"823\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-734 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people-1920x823.jpg\" style=\"object-position:70% 39%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"70% 39%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people-1920x823.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people-800x343.jpg 800w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people-1536x658.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/people-2048x877.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim has-background-gradient\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(255,255,255) 34%,rgba(255,255,255,0.58) 65%,rgba(255,0,0,0) 99%)\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-34aace05 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;font-size:clamp(2.629rem, 2.629rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.719), 5rem);line-height:0.9\">People<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">\u201cA team is not a group of people that works together. <br>A team is a group of people that trusts each other.\u201d<br>\u2014 <em>Simon Sinek<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Team-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1364\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:800px;height:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Team-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Team-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Team-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Team-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Team-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teams are a foundational framework for many aspects of life and business \u2014 from family and sport to education, building businesses and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In business specifically, teams are also the vehicle for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/leadership-styles\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/leadership-styles\/\">scaling<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/process\/digital-transformation\/\">digital transformation<\/a> and change management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/origin-and-culture\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/origin-and-culture\/\">culture <\/a>setting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/process\/success-stories\/\">platform building<\/a>, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Practically, Sinek is right in saying that businesses often don\u2019t experience the real benefits of teamwork, because their people are merely colleagues \u2014 not cohesive units that leverage each other\u2019s strengths to move towards a common goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, colleagues are not automatically part of a team. In fact, they often <a href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/positioning\/\">gridlock each another<\/a>, hampering the ability to deliver on time and within budget, and to build effective product, hampering their ability to deliver on time and within budget, and to build effective products and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\">Th1nk uses a range of tools and facilitation processes that not only help people understand themselves and each other, but also explain why people naturally gridlock each other and how <a href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/process\/highly-predictable-teams\/\">highly predictable teams <\/a>should serve as the <a href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/tech\/portfolio-alignment\/\">delivery structures<\/a> across a business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click on the areas below to learn more about how we do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div 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class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-top-center has-border-color has-accent-5-border-color\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-width:2px;aspect-ratio:auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"226\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1089 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/rose-glasses.png\" style=\"object-position:15% 50%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"15% 50%\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-custom-orange-background-color has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c05ca53 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:100px\">\n<figure 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class=\"wp-image-1087\" style=\"width:100px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-12\"><a href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/people\/work-gearing\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"606\">Work gearing<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>See the work people \u201clove\u201d doing<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-top-center has-border-color has-accent-5-border-color wp-duotone-unset-1\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-width:2px;aspect-ratio:auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1086 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/optometry-glasses.png\" style=\"object-position:8% 37%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" 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