Examples of high performing teams are pretty rare so whenever I find one, especially away from the realm of sport, it captures my attention. Amir D. Aczel's book[^A] The Artist and the Mathematician, The Story of Nicolas Bourbaki the Genius Mathematician who Never Existed surprised me with such an example.
A couple of times a year I find myself involved in an event with both work sessions and team building. My involvement is with the work sessions and is always focused on core business issues. The organisers will often schedule in some team building components for a change of pace.
All professional team building organisations have trained facilitators to lead the activity and draw out the lessons. In each case I have seen the participants understand the lessons and become good at working as a team.
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