Explores the design and leadership of groups, providing detailed descriptions of twenty-seven diverse work groups - including task forces, top management groups, production teams, and customer service teams - to offer insights into what factors affect group productivity, and what leaders and group m[...]
Teams have more talent and experience, more diverse resources, and greater operating flexibility than individual performers. So why do so many teams either struggle unpleasantly toward an unsatisfactory conclusion - or, worse, crash and burn shortly after launch? J. Richard Hackman, one of the world[...]
Intelligence professionals are commonly viewed as solo operators. But these days intelligence work is mostly about collaboration. Interdisciplinary and even inter-organizational teams are necessary to solve the really hard problems intelligence professionals face. But the potential is often wasted w[...]