Michael Lee StallardMIT Research: Employee Connections Improve Performance – Michael Lee Stallard https://www.michaelleestallard.com Helping Leaders Create Cultures that Connect Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:16:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 MIT Research: Employee Connections Improve Performance https://www.michaelleestallard.com/mit-research-employee-connections-improve-performance https://www.michaelleestallard.com/mit-research-employee-connections-improve-performance#respond Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:41:26 +0000 Michael Lee Stallard http://www.michaelleestallard.com/mit-research-employee-connections-improve-performance In this month’s Wired magazine, Clive Thompson wrote a fascinating article about PH.D student Benjamin Waber and the research of MIT’s Human Dynamics Group.  Bottom line: managers are out of the loop, friendships at work increase group creativity and organizations should be intentional about facilitating connections among people at work to improve performance.  Sounds like […]

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]]> In this month’s Wired magazine, Clive Thompson wrote a fascinating article about PH.D student Benjamin Waber and the research of MIT’s Human Dynamics Group.  Bottom line: managers are out of the loop, friendships at work increase group creativity and organizations should be intentional about facilitating connections among people at work to improve performance.  Sounds like more empirical support for Connection Cultures to me!    

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