We Are Smarter Than Me – – business book written by a community using a wiki
Dan Pink’s blog informs us that… A group of folks at Wharton, Pearson, MIT, and Shared Insights have launched what aims to the world’s first networked business book. The venture, chirpily called We Are Smarter Than Me, will combine wiki techology and thousands of people around the world to create a management guide for a […]
Managing Dispersed Technical Teams
My friend Barry Rellaford of Speed of Trust points me to an article that addresses how to manage (lead) a team of tech experts who are dispersed geographically. As qualified technical experts are getting more expensive and harder to find, virtual teams allow organizations to attract and retain the talented individuals they need from a […]
Teamwork and the Pianist – using teamwork to play the piano
Here’s a funny video clip of musicians Igudesman and Joo of A Little Nightmare Music using teamwork to play a piano piece that requires “big hands”.
Al Gore’s documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” — Team skills are needed to avert a global crisis
I just watched Al Gore’s documentary entitled An Inconvenient Truth now out in DVD. This movie will change your life. It had that effect on me. It’s a compelling call to action. Famed movie critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times says about the movie: In 39 years, I have never written these words in […]
Why Dream Teams Fail
Fortune Magazine article from June has a great article entitled "Why Dream Teams FAIL" It may be tempting to recruit all-stars and let ’em rip. Dream teams often become nightmares of dysfunction. Read the entire article here.
Teamwork, Diet Coke, Mentos
I’m always on the lookout for unusual examples of teamwork and now I found a VERY unusual example. Two guys in lab coats (with entirely too much time on their hands) + 200 liters of Diet Coke + 500 Mentos mints = over one hundred jets of soda flying into the air in less than […]