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Team Building Isn't Just Movie Magic

By Learning Forward
Categories: Collaboration, Learning communities
June 2015
The season of the summer blockbuster movie is upon us, and, at the same time, the hype machine for the next Star Wars movie is in turbo drive. One of my favorite aspects of many of these movies is the formation of a team. I love watching individuals move from being suspicious of everyone they meet to developing dependency to forming real trust and a sense of responsibility for one another. Whether they are coming together for one last big heist or to save the galaxy from certain destruction, the motley crew of jewel thieves or action heroes or half-alien/half-human desperadoes almost always manages to transcend individual interests to save the day — or at least outwit a greedy antagonist. In the mid-1960s, psychologist Bruce

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Tracy Crow

Tracy Crow ([email protected]) is director of communications for Learning Forward.

References

Richardson, J. (2005, November/December). Transform your group into a team. Tools for Schools, 9(2), 2. Available at www.lf.wphlab.com/docs/tools-for-learning-schools/tools11-05.pdf.


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