Building teams, what can we learn from professional sports
summary
Teams progress through forming storming norming performing and the storming phase breaks projects unless the group defines goals, decision rules and feedback rituals. Concrete tools used include Elasticsearch vs AWS debates, Node.js adoption that after three months enables others to be rescued, and a way of working canvas plus a simple in-room appreciation exercise. Onboarding time drops from 1.5 days to 10 minutes after creating artifacts. The NHL expansion shows 30-player drafts can produce a finalist in year one.
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chapters (34)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:35BADMINTON
- 1:44CAN'T AFFORDA DYSFUNCTIONAL TEAM
- 1:54A STORY ABOUT MY TEAM
- 2:07BUILD A NEW VERSION OF SEARCH
- 10:12CREATE ARTIFACTS
- 10:27IN SPACE EXERCISE
- 13:41T'S A CYCLE
- 15:25WHAT CAN WE LEARN?
- 15:56SELECTING YOUR TEAM
- 16:26LAS VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
- 16:40SELECT 30 PLAYERS FROM OTHER TEAMS
- 16:58PROTECT 8 PLAYERS
- 17:14PLAYOFFS
- 19:55YOU WILL NEED YOUR TEAM
- 20:38ALSO PLAYS DEFENSE
- 20:55A DEVELOPER HAS MULTIPLE FORMS
- 21:18HELP YOUR TEAM MEMBERS IN TIMES OF NEED
- 21:56SOLVING PROBLEMS IS YOUR SKILL
- 22:58CALLING PLAYS
- 24:20CREATE AN UBIQUITOUS LANGUAGE
- 24:32AVOIDS MENTAL TRANSITION DURING KEY MEETINGS
- 25:25CREATE AN ARTIFACT
- 29:21THE TEAM CYCLE RESTARTS Forming
- 30:39SPRINT RACE
- 31:33FRANCE MIXED RELAY
- 33:31WITH CUTTING CORNERS TECHNICAL DEBT COMES
- 34:00TAKE TIME TO DECIDE WHICH APPROACH YOU WILL TAKE
- 35:20PLAY A TECHNICAL DEBT GAME GO TO
- 36:04TOUCHDOWN CELEBRATION
- 38:37HAVE FUN ON THE JOB
- 38:49CELEBRATE YOUR WINS
- 39:01ACCEPT THE STORMING STAGE
- 39:50QUESTIONS?
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