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  • May 1st, 2009
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Why ugly teams win

My essay from the new book Beautiful teams is up online.  It’s about my years on the Internet Explorer 4.0 team. And there’s a string interesting comments up already.

Why Ugly Teams win from Beautiful Teams.

If you dig the essay, check out the book.


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  • Christopher Mahan - May 1, 2009 at 5:10 pm #
  • Liked it, but I would not have said ugly teams.

    I would have said “Scarred Teams” or some such.


  • Scott Berkun - May 1, 2009 at 7:51 pm #
  • i think the essay makes more sense in the book – I didn’t expect they’d release it all on it’s own.


  • mike - May 6, 2009 at 11:04 pm #
  • I greatly enjoyed this chapter, so I’m glad it was put up. I loved the line “If enough big things go wrong, everyone becomes incompetent.” Even the brightest, best people can look like bumbling fools, if they’re caught in a truly bad project.


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