Scrum iconScrumSep 14, 2026 ~1 min source read

TEAMWORK: From the Individual Lens to the Collective Lens

We have invented countless ways to strengthen teamwork, yet few of them work, and those that do rarely last. Between 2012 and 2015, Google looked for what makes a team succeed through its well-known Project Aristotle.

TEAMWORK: From the Individual Lens to the Collective Lens
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We have invented countless ways to strengthen teamwork, yet few of them work, and those that do rarely last.

Between 2012 and 2015, Google looked for what makes a team succeed through its well-known Project Aristotle.

It began by assuming the answer lay in bringing exceptional individuals together.

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We have invented countless ways to strengthen teamwork, yet few of them work, and those that do rarely last. Between 2012 and 2015, Google looked for what makes a team succeed through its well-known Project Aristotle. It began by assuming the answer lay in bringing exceptional individuals together.

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  • It found that success depends not on who is on the team, but on how the team works together.
  • Perhaps that is why so many companies, for so many years, have misunderstood teamwork.

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