On the contrary, only trivial jobs could be done by individuals. A single person could do very little alone against a really hard problem. Teams really help im

On the contrary, only trivial jobs could be done by individuals. A single person could do very little alone against a really hard problem. Teams really help immensely. The original definition of corporation was "a group of people that joins together to do something", like making a bridge, or sailing half of the world when those activities were risky, dangerous and hard. There was a time in which sailing meant 2 of each 3 ships were sink by storms, or pirates. Romans will kill you if the bridge you build was weak. But the team members must be great individually and complement each other. For example the group that invented the transistor, aerospacial rockets or the integrated circuit, or the microprocessor were a heck of a team. In the US individualism means the individual mindset is favored over anything else. In the rest of the world it is the other way. For example in Japan going alone is suicidal, "The nail that sticks out shall be hammered down". I would say the best system is some of both systems. When Steve Jobs was ousted of Apple his number one priority with Next was having success so he could maintain the best people of his team. And it was not a secret, he will tell you.