134 Collaborate: The Art of We
Tim Moore, one of the authors of “ e Ideal Collaborative Team”
(Ditkoff , Moore, Allen, & Pollard, 2005), describes the way in which
Google uses brainstorming to encourage people to come up with innova-
tive new ideas. “With a work force of 5,000 employees, dozens of projects
are underway at Google at any one time. Roughly ten percent of
employee work time is allocated to dreaming up blue-sky projects. Idea
mailing lists circulate freely. Google encourages food fight–like idea
moshes. Rule number one is ‘no idea can be called stupid or too wild.’
Brilliant arrogance is okay as long as someone’s brashness doesn’t break
positive mood and momentum.”
Getting Consensus on Decisions
You can’t expect everyone to agree ...