CHAPTER 14

Shift 9: Competition to Partnership

We can’t stem the tide of technology any more than we can stem the tide of the oceans. But we can be smarter about how we collaborate with it.

The idea of the super team builds on two changes over the past decade. One development is the rise of teams and its prominence in the organizing structure of companies. And the other development is the adoption of AI in the workplace.

With flatter hierarchical structures and the digitalization of the workplace, pressure is placed on organizations to redesign themselves. Speed, agility, and adaptability are now the drivers of business success. These imperatives resulted in decentralized decisions gravitating to teams. Most businesses attest to more flexibility ...

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