Author Stephen Covey lists Synergy as Habit 6 in his 1989 classic, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Synergy is what creates the win-win situation, the whole being greater than the sum of its parts, and one plus one equaling three. For some people, like Buckminster Fuller, it is a whole school of thought. What is Synergy? Synergy is defined as the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater t