My first encounter with the concept was the PeopleWare book that described such teams with principles for how to <i>attempt to</i> create them. Stories like the Black Team of bug hunters terrorizing half-assed employees at IBM were great. Way later on, Pirates of Silicon Valley... the only one Woz endorses as accurate... portrayed that Steve Jobs used an extreme version of that strategy to make Apple what it was.<p>Not to mention, the few places I&#x27;ve worked like that were the only ones where I looked forward to going to work and gave it that extra percent of effort. Didn&#x27;t even feel like work. Wonder if that&#x27;s the experience for everyone else. All employers should at least to attempt to create such an environment as good things just seem to emerge from it.<p>And as this excellent post show, it can work wonders in startup incubators too.