Center for Balance by Design, an initiative of the Boston Society of Architects, is a resource for building team-focused cultures through "process architecture".

Team-focused cultures are desirable and productive because they:

	Build understanding, trust and mutual appreciation among team members.
	Create structures that support optimal team performance.
	Create opportunities for cross-generational, cross disciplinary and cross-cultural learning.
	Maximize team productivity, and reduce friction and redundancy, through collaborative activity.
	Demonstrate the quantifiable “value” of cooperation and collaboration (1+1=3).
	Create vehicles responsive to diverse learning and communication styles.
	Improve gender and racial equity and opportunity in the workplace.
	Develop emotional intelligence.
	Transcend instinctive territorial behavior.
	Make work more energizing, engaging and fun.