Leading Intelligence Teams

Collaborative Intelligence: Using Teams to Solve Hard Problems, is an eleven-chapter book written by J. Richard Hackman, the Edgar Pierce Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at Harvard University, and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers in May of 2011. Although based on the latest scholarly research, the book is written for both the experienced and novice team leader, and can be used as well in academic courses that examine groups and teams. The work comprises three sections. The first, "The Challenge and Potential of Teams," explains the general structural components of a team and the benefits and pitfalls of each. The second part, "Six Enabling Conditions," elaborates in detail on six environmental conditions that can help to produce successful team collaboration. The third part, "Implications for Team Leaders and Organizations," discusses specific methods leaders have adopted, or avoided, to foster collaboration and improve the quality of their teams' work, including what the author calls the 60-30-10 rule. Chapter 10 opens with a quick summary of the six enabling conditions for effective teamwork. The primary focus of the chapter is on what the author calls the 60-30-10 rule. Developed to help leaders better manage their teams, the rule states that 60% of the difference in how well a team performs is affected by foundation the leader builds for the team before it even begins any work, 30% is attributable to the launch of the team, and 10% is determined by how the leader handles the team once work is under way.

• Corporate strategy
• Teams
• Management
• Fostering collaboration
• Business communication
• Organizational behavior