From the course: Dream Teams: Working Together without Falling Apart (Blinkist Summary)

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The power of playing together

The power of playing together

From the course: Dream Teams: Working Together without Falling Apart (Blinkist Summary)

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The power of playing together

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- [Narrator] Blink number 3. The power of playing together cannot be underestimated. The Wright brothers' strategy for achieving harmony worked well for them, but it's not easily scaled up to groups with more deep-seated animosities. For instance, at the turn of the 20th century, many of the different communities in Buenos Aires were at loggerheads. Neighborhoods were never going to switch perspectives en masse, like the Wright brothers did. But, here's something that did work: soccer. Argentinean national identity was evolving. The country used to see itself as one made up of rugged, cowboy-like gauchos. Now, it was dominated by pibes, kids who loved playing soccer on the streets. And kicking a ball around was something all kids could do, too, regardless of race, religion, or social class. This was particularly important to the Jewish community, who were facing particular difficulties in the city at the time. The…

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