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How to Make a Team of Stars Work

Harvard Business Review

” Some are huge project teams, like the 600 Apple engineers who successfully developed the revolutionary OS X operating system in just two years (compared with the five years it took 10,000 Microsoft engineers to develop, and eventually retract, Microsoft’s Windows Vista). You and Your Team. Leading Teams.

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Start Networking with People Outside Your Industry

Harvard Business Review

Additionally, you’re more prone to groupthink if you’re not exposed to diverse perspectives and points of view. ” He had spent a decade at a large technology company, rising to become an engineering director. But it occurred to him that his entire professional network consisted of people from that company.