are designed for the individual, not we developed it. We built a team of a group. The vast majority of the people who had worked well with each communications we share and the other on other projects at Microsoft in information we create is hidden behind the past. Those that joined our effort digital walls, even when most of it had a strong vision for what we might does not need to be protected. That be able to build. thwarts efficiency and effectiveness in a team-driven environment. The aim Significantly, we began developing of Microsoft Teams-with its channels Microsoft Teams not at our Redmond functionality-was to enable team headquarters, but in remote locations. members to get up to speed on the Brian MacDonald, head of Microsoft status of a project or objective Teams, and I each took a portion of the in minutes. team offsite to begin brainstorming; my engineering team headed to Las Vegas NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT If this new product was going to enable users to think and behave differently, we needed to think and behave differently as and Brian took the rest of the group to his fruit farm in Hawaii. " T " The new world of productivity demands flatter structures, open spaces, and open communication. " 23