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…the most natural way for small groups to coordinate is in a free-form manner.

…real-time communication is typically a much more effective means of coordinating individuals than drawn-out back-and-forth messaging.

The Protocol Principle: Designing rules that optimize when and how coordination occurs in the workplace is a pain in the short term but can result in significantly more productive operation in the long term.

For most types of coordination, moving to predetermined office hours will significantly reduce the cognitive cycle cost compared with simply bouncing messages back and forth…

…all human societies have developed ways to respond together, in unison or coordination, with songs, marches, rituals, chants, prayers, and dances.

Because of a unique collection of detectible regularities (rhythm, meter, intensity, pulse, and time), music possesses rare coordinating power.

Our ability to survive, even to live, depends on our capacity to coordinate with others in and across time.

Clothing, operating as a marker of affiliation and identification, enables coordination.

Coordinating with others also makes us do good – and doing good enhances synchronization.

…coordinating makes us better people – and being better people makes us better coordinators.