As implemented, the idea was that the company would post new projects on a central kiosk. People would form themselves into candidate teams and then “bid” on jobs. If you had a hankering to work with some of your mates, you would put your résumés together and make a joint pitch for the job. The points in your favor were how well-suited you were to the job, how well you complemented each other’s capacities, and how little it would disrupt other work in the company to assign you as a group to this project. The company picked the best-suited team for each job. This scheme gave people two unusual
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