Hot Spots: Why Some Teams, Workplaces, and \t\t Organizations Buzz with Energy—and Others \t\t Don't

What organization wouldn't want to encourage "places and times where \t\t cooperation flourishes, thus creating great energy, innovation, productivity \t\t and excitement"? This final volume in a trilogy of books on creating energy at \t\t work by London Business School professor Gratton (after Living Strategy and The \t\t Democratic Enterprise) attempts to analyze the ingredients of \t\t positive workplace energy. Gratton details ways to foster a cooperative \t\t mindset, remove boundaries between people, give them a sense of purpose and \t\t increase their productive capacity, drawing on examples from organizations like \t\t BP and Nokia. But despite her interesting and well-organized findings, some \t\t readers may find her intensive focus on scientific research too academic, \t\t particularly the complicated diagrams and formulae for workplace qualities that \t\t are difficult to quantify. (Feb.)