Deborah Ancona

Why do good teams fail? Very often, argue Deborah Ancona and Henrik Bresman, it is because they are looking inward instead of outward. Based on years of research examining teams across many industries, Ancona and Bresman show that traditional team models are falling short. What's needed—and what works—is a new brand of team that emphasizes external outreach to stakeholders, extensive...

An essential work on teams—now updated with new research and tools and a new preface—X-Teams shows how an externally focused team model is the key to fuelling innovation and your organisation's success. You build a team around top-notch talent. The team members work well together; they're committed to the mission and are highly motivated to perform. Yet the results are...