From team building to community building

Although many organizations have become team‐oriented, few are harnessing their full power. When teams become self‐managing, the next logical step is to build workplace community—a truly living organization. Workplace community will unleash the full potential of the workforce and help realize the only lasting competitive advantage: brainpower, imagination, and resourcefulness. this article discusses the process of bow teams can become a workplace community and refers to several companies supporting the effort, ft concludes wilh a summary of the critical aspects required to build workplace community.