
A few days ago we posted
an excerpt from the book
Ignited. Here's an excerpt from a February
Financial Times article that reviewed Lynda Gratton's new book,
Hot Spots: Why Some Teams, Workplaces, And Organizations Buzz With Energy - And Others Don't, another "hot" title this spring:
But, if you are lucky, you may also spot the occasional flash of orange or red. These are "hot spots" - "a moment when people are working together in exceptionally creative and collaborative ways . . . Hot spots occur when the energy within and between people flares - when mundane everyday activities are set aside for engaged work that is exciting and challenging. It is at times like these that ideas become contagious and new possibilities appear."
Gratton has not branched out from her distinguished career studying management to dabble in meteorology. The "hot spots" are an extended metaphor, but one that is soundly based on a body of academic research into networks, teams,culture, collaboration and creativity.The author brings up examples like the communities that build Linux, Nokia, and Goldman Sachs to illustrate the fact that even groups with far-flung members can feed on one another's energy to spark innovation.
Gratton has written a succinct and utterly compelling book. She is really a kind of one-woman hot spot in herself.Check out the article:
"Creative sparks warm up a business ice age" by Stefan Stern.
www.ft.com, February 28 2007.
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