“Which is more important as a leader, to work alone or to work in groups?” I heard that question asked of a panel of business leaders last week. The panelists all answered something like “in this day and age you have to be able to work in groups. That’s where you get everything done” with some acknowledgment that you had to be able to work solo too sometimes. As soon as the moderator asked the question I thought, “You’re asking about solutions in the abstract. The problem determines the solution.” You can best solve problems that take solo work to solve solo and problems that take group work to solve by group. We’ve all seen solutions that were designed by committee that show input from too many people—examples of group work applied to solo problems. (more…)
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