Alex "Sandy" Pentland, the director of the MIT's Human Dynamics Laboratory and the chair of Sociometric Solutions, and his colleagues attempted to identify the group dynamics that characterize high performance teams. They found that communication patterns were important, though slightly trailing factors such as skill, personality, and the content of discussions.

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Pentland and his colleagues found that communication patterns were the most important factor in determining a team's success, even more significant than individual intelligence, personality, skills, or the content of discussions.

Alex "Sandy" Pentland, the Director of the MIT's Human Dynamics