In my experience, the thing that I've seen kill the motivation and productivity of any team, is the feeling – true or not – that the team isn't being listened t

In my experience, the thing that I've seen kill the motivation and productivity of any team, is the feeling – true or not – that the team isn't being listened to. From what I've seen, most people seem to be able to cope with most any structure, but if feedback goes (seemingly, at least) unnoticed then that more than anything will kill their motivation. No amount of flat, or structure, or holymoly organization voodoo will fix a team that's lost trust in their ability to do anything because they aren't being listened to.