> > So what is the nature of synergy as it applies to groups of people? What are our parameters, and can we tweak them? Or, if that is too difficult to define, what factors cause synergy to cancel itself out?
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> I'm with Stephen on this one. Huh?
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> Synergy isn't really a measureable thing. It's like love, or fatigue; it's a condition that occurs. People get more accomplished when they work together, just like they get tired when the run a mile.

Kind of like how I get more work done when I know someone else all the way across the United States is cleaning in the same 15 minute increments as me. I don't know why it works, but it does. I get more done, and have more fun, when I'm cleaning with the RWSoDEs than I do alone.

:-)

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