If Your Innovation Effort Isn’t Working, Look at Who’s on the Team
Different team members have different knowledge, skills, and abilities—not to mention different tasks. Team members need to know how their experience and their assignments fit into the larger whole. They need to know who knows what, but also how to approach each person with requests for help—or offers of help. Teams work best when they understand
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A major difference between my friend's team and most teams is that my friend's team was composed of people who had a track record of being highly effective across a variety of contexts. In an earlier job, my friend started a job at a large-ish ($5B/yr revenue) government-run utility company and was immediately assigned a problem that, unbeknownst... See more
Individuals matter
based on individual and team success.
Why Most Reward Systems Fail and What to Do About It
Different backgrounds, different views, different experiences. The best teams are diverse. These are the ingredients that spark innovation.