Barry Camson on Rob Cross' book Driving Results Through Social Networks:
The question Rob essentially raises is whether the nature of networked organizations is such that a different paradigm is afoot that requires a totally different approach to achieving positive business results. Rob sums up his argument by saying that organizations should "shift attention away from time consuming team building efforts and onto initiatives that enable networks to integrate expertise, resources and decision-making authority rapidly at the point of execution."
I'd much rather do the latter. Getting to know people based on their demonstrated experience and expertise, doing great work together, then going out for beers afterward to celebrate with a sense of accomplishment is orders of magnitude better than pretending you're on a team with someone because you attended a workshop like Team FUN-damentals.
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