1 The term was first described by P. Lawrence and J. Lorsch in Developing Organizations, Addison-Wesley, 1969.

2 Anacona’s most recent book is D. Anacona & H. Bresman, X Teams: How to Build Teams that Lead, Innovate and Succeed, Harvard Business School Press, 2007.

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