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hours—not the eight, ten, or fourteenhours that many <strong>of</strong>fice dwellers put <strong>in</strong>.<strong>The</strong> way forward, I’m suggest<strong>in</strong>g, isnot to stop collaborat<strong>in</strong>g face-to-face,but to ref<strong>in</strong>e the way we do it. For oneth<strong>in</strong>g, we should actively seek outsymbiotic <strong>in</strong>trovert-extrovert relationships,<strong>in</strong> which leadership and othertasks are divided accord<strong>in</strong>g to people’snatural strengths and temperaments.<strong>The</strong> most effective teams are <strong>com</strong>posed<strong>of</strong> a healthy mix <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>troverts and extroverts,studies show, and so are manyleadership structures.We also need to create sett<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong>which people are free to circulate <strong>in</strong> ashift<strong>in</strong>g kaleidoscope <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>teractions,and to disappear <strong>in</strong>to their privateworkspaces when they want to focus orsimply be alone. Our schools shouldteach children the skills to work withothers—cooperative learn<strong>in</strong>g can be279/929

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