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Recovering and rebuilding after significant setbacks
Some setbacks are significant enough that maintaining momentum is not possible. Resilient teams can recover and rebuild. After significant setbacks, allow time for processing. Major disruptions require acknowledgment and, often, grieving. This may include grieving about developments beyond the team—environmental destruction,… An ongoing team scaffold (team process), run after major setbacks, not as a one-off session.
Practical
- Time
- 60-120 min
- Group
- 3–20 · small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- None beyond ordinary meeting/work settings
- Mechanisms
- life-embedding, cognitive-reframing, emotional-processing
- Change scope
- state → skill · recurring-practice (After major setbacks)
Origin & where it lives
Thomas Jordan & Claude [AI] (IDG for Teams handbook — team scaffold) — IDG practice (idg.thomasjordan.se)
Instructions: open online
In this directory via Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library
Team leader role (Jordan): Create space for processing significant setbacks, including time for grief. Lead honest assessment of current situation. Develop realistic recovery path. Maintain connection to purpose while adapting plans. Connect with allies and collaborators.
status: checked · added 2026-08-25