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Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration

Warren G. Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman

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Summary

Warren Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman examine six groups to ask how creative collaboration works. The book uses organizational case studies to identify practices that help people do difficult work together, rather than explaining success only through an exceptional individual.

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Compare the cases when choosing how to lead a team and organize collaborative work. The book offers practices to assess, not a guarantee of a breakthrough.