Patternv1PT-086
Collective-cognition-exceeds-individual pattern
the structural tendency for team cognitive processes — shared attention, distributed memory, collaborative reasoning — to produce outcomes that no individual member could achieve alone, making team design a cognitive architecture problem
Why This Is a Pattern
Exemplifies An organization's communication structure determines… (communication structure) and Most organizational outcomes are products of system design… (system design). Recurs in research teams, surgical teams, product development, jazz ensembles.