Over the years I've found that real teams form when you have an intense experience together, or repeated intense experiences that force you to be authentic and completely present - and so your true self - because you are reacting to the intensity. This happens on deals, it happens on tough product releases, but it's the most fun when it happens outside the office. In a competition for example... Yesterday 16 Rainmakers competed in the Cupertino Splash and Dash with me. This is a 1 mile lake swim followed by [...]