This is a book on reliably creating teams that perform at the level of a human genius. It’s a work in progress, the handbook that I want for myself that helps me be a team member on such a team, and a guide for helping an existing team grow into one.
Portions of the reference material (The Core Protocols) are licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3. The rest of the book is not licensed for sharing or copying yet, but may be in the future.
I’ll fill in the outline as I write it. If you have improvements or comments, please contact me at adam@adamfeuer.com
- Dedication
- Introduction – What is this book?
- Summoning Genius essay – a summary of the topic
- Humility
- How To Use This Book
- How To Pay For This Book
- Greatness- what is it?
- Individual Greatness
- Team Greatness
- definition
- Characteristics of Great Teams
- US Civil Rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Ending Slavery in the British Empire – Thomas Clarkson’s team
- Eradicating Smallpox – WHO’s Smallpox Eradication Unit
- Landing a Person on the Moon – NASA’s Moon Landing Program
- Eradicating Polio and the Rotary Club
- Where Does Greatness Come From?
- What Is a Team?
- Team = Product
- Positive Psychology
- Character Strengths Can Be Learned- growth mindset
- Virtue
- Headgap
- Abundance
- The Greatness Cycle
- safety
- virtue
- risk
- creativity
- shared vision
- Safety
- Risk
- Creativity
- Shared Vision
- Authenticity
- Conflict
- Leadership
- Team Skills
- Decisions
- Strengths
- Agency – I am not a victim
- Authority
- Stages of Growth
- The View
- The Skills and Qualities
- self-care
- safety
- vulnerability
- humility
- creativity
- curiosity
- personal learning
- team learning
- intimacy
- decisiveness
- bias toward action
- growth
- far vision
- Reference
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Licenses