Dream teams : working together without falling apart
Snow, Shane2018
Book
The best groups are more than the sum of their parts - but why does teamwork so often fail to fulfill this promise? Award-winning entrepreneur and journalist Shane Snow takes us on an extraordinary tour of the hidden science of team dynamics, revealing the counterintuitive reasons that some groups break out while far too many break down. Examining history-making groups like the Wu Tang Clan and the Russian national hockey side alongside teams whose failures have had lasting impact, Snow reveals the answers, and what the rest of us can learn from the rare teams that do the impossible together. In this stimulating, pacey adventure through history, neuroscience, psychology, sports and business, Snow explores the secrets of the best teams the world has to offer. You'll discover: - How ragtag teams - from soccer clubs to startups to gangs of pirates - beat the odds throughout history - Why DaimlerChrysler flopped while the Wu-Tang Clan succeeded, and the surprising factor behind most failed mergers, marriages, and partnerships - What the Wright Brothers' daily arguments can teach us about group problem solving - The true stories of pioneering women in law enforcement, unlikely civil rights collaborators, and underdog armies that did the incredible together - The team players behind great social movements in history, and the science of becoming open-minded. Provocative and entertaining, Dream Teams is a landmark work that will change the way we think about progress and collaboration.
Main title:
Dream teams : working together without falling apart / Shane Snow ; [special afterword by Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant].
Author:
Snow, Shane, authorWalton, Aaron, writer of forewordSandberg, Sheryl, writer of afterwordGrant, Adam, 1981-, writer of afterword
Imprint:
London : Piatkus, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2018.©2018
Collation:
xv, 286 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Foreword / by Aaron WaltonIncipitus prolongus. Dream teamsBuddy cops and mountaintopsTrouble in ShaolinThe magic circleAngelic troublemakersThe black squareWelcome to PiratelandWhen Malcolm changed his mindOxytocin, a love storyEpilogueSpecial afterword / with Sheryl Sandberg and Adam GrantDream teams cheat sheet, and special features.
ISBN:
9780349420967 (paperback)
Dewey class:
658.4022
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
508389
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Business and IT | BUSIN 658.4022 SNOW | Available |
| Library at the Dock | -Business and IT | BUSIN 658.4022 SNOW | Available |