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Dynamic Reteaming at Fast-Growing Companies

Talkat GOTO Chicago 2019 · 2019-04-29..04-30· [engineering-leadership]
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Predictable patterns and concrete tactics collate into five repeatable reteaming moves: one-by-one, grow-and-split, switching, merging, isolation. Examples: a team that built GoToMyPC pivots offsite and saves the company; companies run open-space unconferences with 350 R&D people to surface initiatives; Procore scales from ~800 to ~1,400 while using pairing, mob programming and a “market of skills” onboarding to spread knowledge. Practical advice covers pairing and nomad rotations, visualizing workflows and role clarity, scheduling retros for recent hires, and avoiding opaque poaching or 20%-allocation anti-patterns.

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  1. 0:00Start
  2. 7:12TEAMS AGE & CHANGE
  3. 8:49WHY TEAMS CHANGE
  4. 11:43DYNAMIC RETEAMING PATTERNS
  5. 13:10ONE BY ONE PATTERN
  6. 15:28ORGANIZATIONAL VISION
  7. 19:30PAIR PROGRAMMING
  8. 19:49MOB PROGRAMMING
  9. 20:42MARKET OF SKILLS
  10. 22:22WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE...
  11. 23:03INNER ROLES EXERCISE
  12. 23:24SCHEDULE THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
  13. 24:26GROW & SPLIT PATTERN
  14. 24:50GROW AND SPLIT PATTERN
  15. 25:08NEW TEAM IDENTITIES
  16. 25:45LARGE TEAMS WORK TOO!
  17. 27:57DETERMINE CONFLICT PROTOCOLS
  18. 28:53SHARE INTERRUPT PREFERENCES
  19. 29:38TECTONIC SPLITS
  20. 31:41LET PEOPLE CHOOSE TEAMS
  21. 33:59CONCERNS OF THE "FIRST TEAM"
  22. 38:58THE STORY OF OUR TEAM
  23. 40:20LANDS WORK
  24. 41:41CELEBRATE MILESTONES
  25. 42:09SWITCHING PATTERN
  26. 42:49SOME SWITCH AT REGULAR CADENCE
  27. 43:56BUILD COMMUNITY
  28. 49:34THINK BIGGER THAN YOUR COMPANY
  29. 49:58CATALYZE YOUR CHANGE?
  30. 50:15WRITE YOUR OWN STORY
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