Pat Medvick found this article on Wired about research at Carnegie Mellon into group performance and intelligence.

“ To determine whether something similar also operated in collective minds, Woolley’s team divided 600 test subjects into groups of two to five people, then had each group complete a variety of problem-solving tasks. Afterward the researchers interviewed the groups and each participant. They measured group cohesion and motivation, individual intelligence and personality, and other factors previously associated with group performance.

Their analysis, published Sept. 30 in Science, found several characteristics linked to group performance — and none involved individual intelligence. What mattered instead was the social sensitivity of individual members, the proportion of women (who tend to be more sensitive) in each group, and a balanced participation of conversation.”

Most of us work in a teams or a group at one time or another. Some of us do this every day at work. The Satir Process offers valuable tools for group performance. But, some of you may already know that!