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CHAPTER 6

Leading brainy teams

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep.

I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Alexander the Great

We began by comparing four postures for the emerging relationship with man/woman and machines. We now move on to consider intelligent teams. Will we face the War of the Worlds scenario? This would be a full-on competitive approach with unhealthy competition between team members and a ghetto protectionist mentality toward the use of machines to enhance human potential for the good of the individuals, teams and society. Or will we opt for the Man-Machine approach? We would see teams working in an integrated way with machines, using machines for what they do best and human skills when they are ...

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