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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 (tracy.crow@learningforward.org) 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.learningforward.org/docs/tools-for-learning-schools/tools11-05.pdf.


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