Team Systems Theory Building Stakeholder Value Through a Learning Culture for Organizational Resilience Mary C. Edson Contents Introduction ....................................................................................... 3 History of the Research Grounding Team System Theory ...................................... 5 Theoretical Foundation ........................................................................... 6 Terms and Concepts: Expanded Definitions and Applications .................................. 8 Complex Adaptive Social Systems (CASS) .................................................. 9 Complex Adaptive Cycle in Project Teams .................................................. 10 Experiential Learning ......................................................................... 13 Adaptive Capacity ............................................................................. 14 Organizational Resilience ..................................................................... 15 Communities of Practice (CoP) ............................................................... 16 Action Research and Participative Action Research (PAR) .................................. 18 Mixed Methods Research (MMR) ............................................................ 19 Appreciative Inquiry .......................................................................... 20 Team Systems Theory ......................................................................... 22 Team Systems: Building a Learning Culture .................................................... 23 Traps and Escapes as the Team Coalesces ................................................... 23 Inflection at Punctuated Equilibrium ......................................................... 24 Traps and Escapes Through Team Performance ............................................. 26 Leveraging Learning: Essentials of Organizational Resilience .................................. 26 Making Learning Last – CoPs .................................................................... 27 Discussion: Conclusions and Recommendations ................................................ 29 Appendix A ....................................................................................... 37 Debriefing Format ............................................................................. 37 References ........................................................................................ 38 Abstract Most organizational research aims to reveal insight into how organizations can be successful. Historically, the focus of much of this research has been on perfor- mance and productivity in service to profit and stockholders in for profit M. C. Edson (*) Organizational Systems Research and Strategy, Equipoise Enterprises, Inc., Ithaca, NY, USA © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 G. S. Metcalf et al. (eds.), Handbook of Systems Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0370-8_29-1 1