The Social Brain - Tracey Camilleri - 2023
The Psychology of Successful Groups
By: Tracey Camilleri, Samantha Rockey, Robin Dunbar
Narrated by: Anna Wilson-Jones
Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 02-23-23
Categories: Business & Careers, Management & Leadership, Psychology
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
Note Includes the accompanying supplemental enhancement (pdf)
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How many people does the ideal team contain? How do groups bond, earn trust and forge shared identities? How can leaders build environments adaptable enough to respond to shocks and still enable people to thrive together? How can you feel close to people if your only point of contact is a phone or a computer?
In The Social Brain leading experts from the worlds of evolutionary psychology and business management come together to offer a primer on great team working. They explain what size groups work and how to shape them according to the nature of the task at hand. They offer practical hints on how to diffuse tensions and encourage cooperation. And they demonstrate the vital importance of balancing unity and the need for different views and outlooks. By explaining precisely how the 'social brain' works, they show how human groups function and how to create great, high-performing teams.
©2023 Robin Dunbar (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Critic Reviews
"Ever since the Industrial Revolution, an engineering mindset has dominated management thinking, making it easy for managers to forget that, ultimately, productive work is human. This wonderful book reminds us that businesses are also biological and social: created by living beings who can - and want to - transcend individual capacity with collective intelligence. It could not be more timely, wise and useful." (Margaret Heffernan, author of Wilful Blindness)
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