--- title: Here's the Secret to Fast and Efficient Teamwork description: It's not about the target canonical: https://time.com/3671980/good-teamwork/ author: Eric Barker article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-17T05:01:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T08:08:02.990Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Here's the Secret to Fast and Efficient Teamwork og:description: It's not about the target og:url: https://time.com/3671980/good-teamwork/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6ed4fb4920c22dc/69877a7235ba6fed33c0690e/f1-pit-crew.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4846 og:image:height: 2726 og:image:alt: f1-pit-crew og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's the Secret to Fast and Efficient Teamwork twitter:description: It's not about the target twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6ed4fb4920c22dc/69877a7235ba6fed33c0690e/f1-pit-crew.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's the Secret to Fast and Efficient Teamwork > Sponsored content. 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A Formula One pit crew — a group that depends on efficient, fast teamwork — found that they weren’t at top speed when they concentrated on speed. It was when they emphasized functioning smoothly as a group that they made their best times. Via Oliver Burkeman’s wonderful [The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865479410/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0865479410&linkCode=as2&tag=spacforrent-20): --- > “” --- **_This piece originally appeared on_** [**_Barking Up the Wrong Tree_**](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2012/11/fast-teamwork/)**_._** **Join over 151,000 readers. 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