The Future Of Teamwork

The future of work is teams. That’s a trend that’s been around for a long time.

Jobs that could have been alone at one time or another happen more efficiently and at higher quality because we work in teams. The easy problems in work and in life that could have at one time been solved by a lone genius are gone. Only complex problems that require creativity at the team level remain.

So, if the future of work is teams, it’s worth examining the future of teamwork. And here, there are several trends worth focusing on that will dictate how teams will work, and how they’ll work best, in the future.

In this article, we’ll review four trends shaping the future of teamwork as well as what leaders need to do to respond to these changes.

Teamwork Trend One

The first trend shaping the future of teamwork is that team culture matters more than company culture. This trend has been going on for some time. While company culture remains important, most employees feel the impact of that culture only after it’s been filtered through their manager’s and their team’s culture. Many organizations tried to create an experience in their office or their entire campus full of perks and benefits-free food, onsite childcare, dry cleaning, etc. But all the perks in the world still didn’t overcome being stuck on a toxic…