Social Physics: Post #8--Teams (continued)

How Great Teams Interact: Pentland’s data also revealed that successful teams share several defining characteristics: “1) Everyone on the team talks and listens in roughly equal measure, keeping contributions short and sweet; 2) Members face one another, and their conversations and gestures are energetic; 3) Members connect directly with one another—not just with the team leader; 4) Members carry on back-channel or side conversations within the team; 5) Members periodically break, go exploring outside the team and bringing back info.”