Go Team!

Encouraging your group to come up with silly ideas can often lead to great ones.

16 Ways To Jump-Start Your Organization's Creativity

Giving people space to think is the first step toward great ideas.
by Michael Michalko

The End of Groupthink

Surprising insights about better group brainstorming.
by Susan K. Perry, Ph.D.

Dream Teams

Meet four pairs who define—and defy—the terms of a creative partnership.
by Carlin Flora

Can You Stand Out While Helping Your Peers?

Polish your team-playing skills while making your own contributions shine.
by Judith Sills, Ph.D.

Teamwork

Voltron is not just a super-awesome action-hero robot made of five mechanical cats. He is a message to kids: The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Teamwork is ubiquitous: on the playing field, at the office, raising children, lifting a couch. Humans are social animals, and civilization is the result of pooled effort.

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Conscientiousness

Conscientiousness is not just about getting to the church on time, in a freshly-ironed outfit. It is a fundamental personality trait that influences whether people set and keep long-range goals, deliberate over choices or behave impulsively, and take seriously obligations to others.

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