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Dream Teams

Working Together Without Falling Apart

By: Shane Snow

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Paperback | 5 June 2018 | Edition Number 1

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288 Pages

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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.

The best groups are more than the sum of their parts - but why does teamwork so often fail to fulfill this promise?

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.

About the Author

Shane Snow is a science and business journalist and the co-founder of Contently, one of Inc's fastest growing companies and Crain's and Ad Age's best places to work in America. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Wired, The Washington Post, Fast Company, Time, and GQ. His first book, Smartcuts, has made him a highly sought-after speaker around the world on innovation and lateral thinking.

Industry Reviews

Perfectly describes and prescribes the crucial traits of the ultimate teams

Unlocks the secret sauce to create the highest performing teams. I couldn't put it down

An adventure into the very human science of making breakthroughs together

One of the easiest and most enjoyable business books - by a sharp-witted journalist and brilliant entrepreneur

Pirates, rappers, buddy cops AND changing the world?! Dream Teams isn't just a ton of fun; it's a force of nature - and an important message

Pushes beyond business-book bromides. A great storyteller!

Challenging, vivid, and pragmatic

Wonderful!

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