“There is no I in a team”
“The inherent need of humans to be individuals limits team effectiveness”
“Ambition and insecurity always undermine cooperation”
“The reality can be disappointing. First, most performance management systems emphasize individual performance. Performance management focuses on compensation, which is essentially individual in many organizations. “
“Second, although team performance is not the sum of [...]

“In any natural organization there is a gradient of intimacy and utility. The parts that we use the most are closest.”
“What it shows is that a natural organization – in this case a productive garden – has a functional hierarchy. The zones all have a focus but all support the larger whole. Even the edge [...]