Since you weren't explicit about it, having a PM or manager who a) understands this concept, and b) can communicate it to the team is important and what you d

Since you weren't explicit about it, having a PM or manager who a) understands this concept, and b) can communicate it to the team is important and what you did here! I mentioned in a comment above that with the Theory of Constraints in mind, sometimes the right thing to do for an individual contributor at a point in time is, nothing. You went ahead and explicitly turned that into time to learn for them. Bravo.