If you're talking about how you promoted synergy in an organization, that could mean you just got everybody together for donuts twice a week.
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Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.
As CEO, I had a standing 30-minute meeting every Monday to greet and connect with new hires.
Donuts. Is there anything they can't do?
When I got to GM they were using a matrix method of management which means everybody has more than one boss. I first heard about that system many years ago. It's supposed to help with collaboration, but my assessment is that it's pretty hard to get geared for action that way.
To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.
There are lots of ways to work together.
People are fans of Dunkin' Donuts. They have a relationship with the company, they go there every day. Dunkin' Donuts is using Twitter to communicate with those people. There are people who are finding value in that. There's thousands of people, I don't know how many thousands now, following Dunkin' Donuts.
Our team at Duolingo is really cohesive, but this did not just happen. I made a concerted effort to hire people who are going to play nice.
Let's form proactive synergy restructuring teams.
Synergy is better than my way or your way. It's our way.