A mind that is disconnectable and reconnectable. A brain, for example, is fully physically connected all the time and doesn’t qualify. - What is a group mind

It doesn’t need to be ‘as conscious’ as a whole as the individual pieces. But at minimum, to qualify as a combined entity rather than a bucket of individuals, a group mind should be able to:

Enforce priorities (top down) that are relatively consistent over time. Update priorities (bottom up / random). You can call this creativity if you like; in a singular brain the default mode network handles it. Chunk out work so that between syncs, mental labor can be parallelized. The goal is to:

Do cognitive work faster than any individual could, even if the speedup is less than linear Ideally: solve in finite time problems too large for one individual given infinite time

Companies need to

• Do multiple things at once i.e. multitask
• Stay on task i.e. don’t multitask and don’t react too quickly to change
• Change projects or strategy when indicated by a change in conditions, i.e. react quickly to change

If it seems like these three goals are at odds, you’re right – that’s why attention and memory are so difficult even in an individual brain. Even healthy teams can at times feel totally schizophrenic.