Teamwork can be challenging. Teams often need to overcome an inherent inertia, which operates almost like an iron law of groups. The inherent inertia we refer to here is social loafing—the behavioral ...

Computers have dominated humans in one-on-one games like chess for decades, but getting artificial intelligence (A.I.) to cooperate with teammates is a little trickier. Now, researchers at Google’s ...

The instructional strategies used by Alejandra J. Magana, W.C. Furnas professor in Enterprise Excellence of Computer and Information Technology and professor of Engineering Education, are focused on ...

Group work is a time-tested strategy in many classrooms, but educators are starting to rethink how to evaluate these projects not just on the content students learn, but the skills they hone to work ...

“Teamwork makes the dream work,” as the old adage goes, and the truth of this statement is in the numbers. Teams that feel connected and collaborate see higher profitability than teams that don’t, ...

Classrooms have always been social spaces a blend of personalities, ideas, and energy. But for decades, we’ve debated how students should work together. Should they collaborate freely, bouncing ideas ...

I teach management skills at a University Business School in Toronto. My students and I were looking at some common leadership challenges in teams, and one story really got us thinking. This is a ...

Stephen M. Fiore has received funding from federal agencies such as NASA, ONR, DARPA, and the NSF to study collaborative problem solving and teamwork. He is past president of the Interdisciplinary ...

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a brilliant scientist? I’ve wondered about this myself on a few occasions. One might assume that the most desirable skills for someone entering a STEM field ...