Organizing Genius Book

SUBTITLED "THE SECRETS OF CREATIVE COLLABORATION", BENNIS BEGINS BY TOUTING THE "END OF THE GREAT MAN", CLAIMING THAT COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION ARE CRITICAL TO SUCCESS, SUPPLANTING THE TRIUMPHANT INDIVIDUAL. tELLING THE STORIES OF SIX GREAT GROUPS FROM A "FLY-ON-THE-WALL" PERSPECTIVE - DISNEY (FULL LENGTH ANIMATED MOVIES), XEROX/PARC AND APPLE (BIRTH OF THE PERSONAL COMPUTER), CLINTON'S '92 ELECTION CAMPAIGN, THE SKUNK WORKS (STEALTH FIGHTER, ETC.), BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE (JOHN CAGE AND BUCKMINSTER FULLER) AND THE MANHATTAN PROJECT (THE ATOM BOMB), BENNIS DEMONSTRATES THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE "GENIUS GROUP", FROM BOTH THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SIDE. tHE FINAL CHAPTER, "TAKE-HOME LESSONS," PRESENTS 15 KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCH TEAMS. THE BOOK ALSO PROVIDES RESOURCE INFORMATION UPON WHICH HE BASED THE SIX GROUP CHAPTERS.

HERE ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS:
1. GREATNESS STARTS WITH GREAT PEOPLE.
2. GREAT GROUPS AND GREAT LEADERS CREATE EACH OTHER.
3. EVERY GREAT GROUP HAS A STRONG LEADER.
4. THE LEADERS OF GREAT GROUPS LOVE TALENT AND KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT.
5. GREAT GROUPS ARE FULL OF TALENTED PEOPLE WHO CAN WORK TOGETHER.
6. GREAT GROUPS THINK THEY ARE ON A MISSION FROM GOD.
7. EVERY GREAT GROUP IS AN ISLAND - BUT AN ISLAND WITH A BRIDGE TO THE MAINLAND.
8. GREAT GROUPS SEE THEMSELVES AS WINNING UNDERDOGS.
9. GREAT GROUPS ALWAYS HAVE AN ENEMY.
10. PEOPLE IN GREAT GROUPS HAVE BLINDERS ON.
11. GREAT GROUPS ARE OPTIMISTIC, NOT REALISTIC.
12. IN GREAT GROUPS, THE RIGHT PERSON HAS THE RIGHT JOB.
13. THE LEADERS OF GREAT GROUPS GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED AND FREE THEM FROM THE REST.
14. GREAT GROUPS SHIP.
15. GREAT WORK IS ITS OWN REWARD.

a VERY ENTERTAINING READ, FULL OF INSIGHTS AND EXAMPLES OF THE EXHILARATION AND (SOMETIMES) TRAGIC RESULTS OF GREAT GROUPS.