Guiding self-organising teams
summary
Builds a new engineering group from scratch called Team Cosmos and documents what actually works and what fails the first six months, including a string of shipped bugs and the mitigation of risk with feature-flagging. Starts with a proven structure, iterates using team agreements, runs active listening workshops, and shifts Scrum master duties into the team. By April the group consistently ships work, morale improves, and the original perfectionist vision gives way to measurable, sustainable team practices.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:15Karaoke
- 1:36Team management styles
- 2:58Starting from scratch
- 4:00Working together
- 5:56Shipping bugs
- 6:32Active listening
- 7:51Balance
- 8:54High expectations
- 9:33Original vision
- 10:07Outro
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