{"product_id":"flash-teams-isbn-9780262049849","title":"Flash Teams","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dramatic new future of work in which managers assemble exactly the expertise they need—within minutes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If you’ve ever wished you could assemble your version of The Avengers at work, this book will help you make it happen.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Adam Grant, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThink Again\u003c\/i\u003e and host of the podcast \u003ci\u003eRe:Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGone are the days of static organizational charts and staffing based on the manager’s rolodex and intuition. Now you can recruit any expertise you need from a global online network within minutes: an on-demand, on-the-spot expert at the exact moment that you need their help. You can right-size their involvement, too; some of those experts give a second opinion or a moment of brainstorming, whereas others join as full-fledged team members for a sustained collaborative effort.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the future promised by flash teams, a model that \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e has already praised for its “revolutionary potential”: a world where experts are available anytime and everywhere, where remote work has become a norm, and where AI is in the loop to guide team decisions. In \u003ci\u003eFlash Teams, \u003c\/i\u003eaward-winning management scholar Melissa Valentine and computer scientist Michael Bernstein chart the opportunities of flash teams and navigate the challenges that teams and managers will face. They distill lessons from their own work assembling and managing flash teams on demand that every manager can learn from so they can successfully use flash teams in their own organizations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on original research and industry examples, this book will help readers to:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecognize and source needed expertise within minutes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnticipate and plan team designs with AI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRedesign team structures on the fly as projects evolve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndustries are already being transformed by this new approach to teaming. \u003ci\u003eFlash Teams\u003c\/i\u003e arms leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs with the tools they need to accomplish their goals with confidence, speed, and agility.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDedication\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVisions of Better Teams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOut of Reach?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLessons from Flash Teams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLesson One: Your Bench is Much Deeper Than you Think\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLesson Two: Your Team Can Become Much More Adaptive Than You Think\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLesson Three: Your Team Can Improve When \u003ci\u003eIn the Loop\u003c\/i\u003e With Data and AI; But Expect That Reflection and Repair Matter Most\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Future We’d Want Our Children To Grow Up In?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLesson One: Your Bench is Much Deeper Than you Think; But You’ll Need Different Tools to Engage and Deploy These Experts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExperts Everywhere, All The Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Forgotten Power of Role Clarity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRapid Response: The Tactics of Hiring and Onboarding In A Jiffy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGetting The Right Team At The Right Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLesson Two: Your Team Can Become Much More Adaptive Than You Think\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesigning Teams to Dynamically Adapt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMobilizing Hierarchy for Dynamic Adaptation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConnecting the Dots: Mobilizing Hierarchy as Network for Change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Search of the Dream Team: How AI Can Enhance Dynamic Adaptation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLesson Three: Your Team Can Improve When \u003ci\u003ein the Loop\u003c\/i\u003e With Data and AI; But Expect That Reflection and Repair Matter Most\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAI Augmented Flash Team Design\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn from Ratings: But Mind the Community Norms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn the Social Art of Collaborative Repair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraining Your Team With AI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Do We Get to AI-Augmented Management (Not AI-Managers)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan This Be Good for Society?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur Society is Organized around… Organizations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: An Incomplete Remote Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack Paragraph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e“An engaging, practical guide to building the teams and tech of the future—no coding skills needed. A management expert and a computer scientist reveal how to design and manage on-demand, flexible groups. If you’ve ever wished you could assemble your version of The Avengers at work, this book will help you make it happen.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Adam Grant, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThink Again\u003c\/i\u003e and host of the podcast \u003ci\u003eRe:Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The brilliant authors of this compelling new book know more than most about the power and possibility of \u003ci\u003eFlash Teams.\u003c\/i\u003e Combining their unique and considerable expertise in the dynamics of teamwork and the remarkable potential of new technology, Valentine and Bernstein have put together a groundbreaking guide to how to make flash teams work for you.”\u003cbr\u003e―\u003cb\u003eAmy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership, Harvard Business School; author of \u003ci\u003eRight Kind of Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFlash Teams\u003c\/i\u003e is a breakthrough guide to the future of work—where expertise is on-demand, collaboration is fluid, and innovation moves at speed. Through their brilliant fusion of management science and computer science, Valentine and Bernstein have created something game-changing: a way for leaders to assemble high-impact teams and unlock the capability of others in minutes, not months.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eLiz Wiseman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMultipliers and Impact Players\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFlash Teams\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e definitive guide for everyone from founders to leaders of big companies to nearly instantly create high-performing teams. You need not be left behind by the rise of artificial intelligence and remote work. This gem shows you how to blend these modern tools and global experts with old-fashioned management skills to design, launch, and guide productive and innovative temporary teams where members love to work.”\u003cbr\u003e―\u003cb\u003eRobert I. Sutton, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University; \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe No Asshole Rule\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Friction Project\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGood Boss, Bad Boss\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFlash Teams\u003c\/i\u003e offers a bold, forward-thinking model for leveraging AI to enable the next generation of management. AI is not just a technological transformation; it will reshape our teams and organizations. Valentine and Bernstein offer both a crisp vision of how that transformation will play out and a playbook for navigating it.”\u003cbr\u003e―\u003cb\u003eDr. Fei-Fei Li, Sequoia Professor of Computer Science and Co-Director of the Institute for Human-Centered AI, Stanford University; author of \u003ci\u003eThe Worlds I See \u003c\/i\u003eand one of \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e’s “100 Most Influential People in AI”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Flash teams are elastic computers for human talent. Just as the cloud transformed access to computing power, the methods in \u003ci\u003eFlash Teams\u003c\/i\u003e let organizations quickly find, assemble, and coordinate experts on demand. By dramatically lowering the cost of building and managing high-performing teams, they unlock new possibilities for innovation, speed, and scale.\"\u003cbr\u003e―\u003cb\u003eEric Colson, former Chief Algorithms Officer, Stitch Fix; former VP of Data Science \u0026amp; Engineering, Netflix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Anyone serious about harnessing the combination of remote work, online platforms, and AI to transform the future of work must read \u003ci\u003eFlash Teams.\u003c\/i\u003e Through analysis based on hands-on experiences with real projects, Valentine and Bernstein have produced a book that serves as both an intellectual inspiration and a practical guide, covering technical, social, business, and ethical issues involved in getting real work done in this new mode.”\u003cbr\u003e―\u003cb\u003eAlex Kass, Fellow and Principal Director, Accenture Labs\u003c\/b\u003eMelissa Valentine is Associate Professor of Management Science at Stanford University, where she codirects the Center for Work, Technology, and Organization. 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