Working collaboratively has its benefits and is necessary for many successful businesses. Yet teamwork and collaboration have become a national obsession. The implication is that everything is better done as a team. People are evaluated based on their ability to contribute to the team discussion and express their ideas verbally. At times this feels like a performance American Idol style – where the next person speaking is akin to the next competitor striving for the one winning prize at the end of the discussion. Did the group land on your idea? If so – you win!