Within and around teams - History has brought us to a moment where teams are recognised as a critical component of every enterprise - the predominent unit for decision making and getting things done. Nonetheless, most aspects of existing infrastructure - such as measurement and compensation systems, as well as rewards - have not yet "captured" the significance of teams. And many people who espouse the importance of teams still believe, when push comes to the shove, that the key unit of effectiveness is individual. This will inevitably change.
The prevailing definition of "team" will change as well.
From The Fifth Discipline Filedbook, Team Learning
Teams: the word "team" can be traced back to the Indo-European word
deuk (to pull); it has always included a meaning of "pulling together". (The modern sense of team, "a group of people acting together" emerged in the sixteenth century.)
We define "teams" as any group of people who need each other to accomplish a result. This definition is derived from a statement made by former Royal Dutch / Shell Group Planning coordinator Arie de Geus: "The only relevant learning in a company is the learning done by those people who have the power to take action" - Art Kleiner,
From The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook, Team Learning
Photo of Arie de Geus
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