How This Book Is Organized Here is a short summary of the chapters in this book and what you'll find inside: Chapter 1, Leadership, an Interview with Tim O'Reilly Tim O'Reilly gives us his thoughts on leading teams and companies, and moving the world of software forward. Part I, People Chapter 2, Why Ugly Teams Win, by Scott Berkun Many so-called beautiful teams were never described in those words by the people on them. Scott relates his experience at Microsoft, and explains the wabi-sabi of ugly teams. Chapter 3, Building Video Games, an Interview with Mark Healey The cofounder of Media Molecule talks about what he learned building the hit video game LittleBigPlanet. Chapter 4, Building the Perfect Team, by Bill DiPierre Bill tells the story of how a good manager can take a disparate group of people and turn them into a great team. Chapter 5, What Makes Developers Tick, an Interview with Andy Lester Programming manager and Perl contributor Andy explains what motivates developers and how they can improve their relations with their teams. Chapter 6, Inspiring People, an Interview with Keoki Andrus Keoki tells us about how he has improved teams in companies such as Intuit, Microsoft, and Novell by understanding, inspiring, and guiding the people on them. Chapter 7, Bringing the Music Industry into the 21st Century, by Tom Tarka This is the story of the rise and fall of MP3.com, an icon of the dot-com boom and bust, and the people who lived through it. Chapter 8, Inner Source, an Interview with Auke Jilderda The inner source initiative brings open source practices and ideas to corporate teams, and Auke tells us how he implemented it, and how it affected the people on those teams. Part II, Goals Chapter 9, Creating Team Cultures, an Interview with Grady Booch It takes work to get a team to gel, especially a distributed team. Grady talks about the challenges of getting teams moving in the right direction. Chapter 10, Putting the "I" in Failure, by Jennifer Greene Jennifer tells the story of her experience working on a great team with conflicting goals. xx PREFACE