Dynamic Reteaming

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Argues that deliberate team changes boost learning, reduce silos and sometimes save products, citing interviews with ~30 people and companies that doubled headcount and split teams (AppFolio), built GoToMyPC in an isolated team, and used rotation every 6–8 weeks to spread knowledge. Recommends practices that actually smooth transitions: pair programming, automated tests, self-selection boards, and mob programming. Warns of the harmful "disappear" anti-pattern and of stagnating teams when no new perspectives arrive.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:50Tuckman's Model 1965
3. 4:45KEEP TEAMS STABLE FOR PREDICTABILITY
4. 5:17CHANGE TEAMS FOR FULFILLMENT
5. 7:41DYNAMIC RETEAMING
6. 9:03RETEAM THE DYNAMIC
7. 9:57READ THE EMOTIONAL FIELD
8. 12:13SOME FORM TEAMS AROUND THE WORK
9. 13:272-PART TEAM FORMATION AROUND WORK
10. 14:26SOME BRING THE WORK TO TEAMS
11. 15:17SO WHAT'S THE BEST WAY?
12. 16:24CHOICE OF TEAM DURING REORG
13. 17:56TEAM MEMBERS NEGOTIATE TRADES
14. 19:09DISAPPEAR ANTIPATTERN
15. 21:31GROW & SPLIT PATTERN
16. 22:12BREAKING THE FELLOWSHIP
17. 22:42COMBINING TEAMS
18. 24:17NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
19. 24:55FREEDOM TO MOVE FASTER
20. 29:32RETEAM TO LEARN NEW SKILLS
21. 30:45NO MORE IRRELEVANT MEETINGS
22. 32:13LET GEEK JOY THRIVE
23. 32:50SOLVE CHALLENGE THEN DISSOLVE TEAM
24. 34:06PAIR PROGRAMMING
25. 34:44MOB PROGRAMMING
26. 35:48TEAM COACHING
27. 36:24DELIBERATE ORG & TEAM DESIGN
28. 37:22RULES FOR LIVING TOGETHER
29. 37:40SHARE ABOUT OURSELVES
30. 39:06TURN ON THE VIDEO
31. 40:49WHEN GOING THROUGH LAYOFFS
32. 41:23ENCOURAGE CONNECTION
33. 41:50REMOTE OFFICE GATHERINGS

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