I have seen the greatest success in self organizing teams when they have a strong leader with clear values that enforces a vision. I think self organizing is a

I have seen the greatest success in self organizing teams when they have a strong leader with clear values that enforces a vision. I think self organizing is a bit of a misnomer, it's more like self organizing within the system of checks and balances that the leader has developed to ensure the values are being played out in the day to day work. For instance in our teams we've introduced one of our values as cross training, one person shouldn't own any part of the system. Our team leads keep an eye on individual contributors and if we aren't getting enough cross pollination the team lead will intervene.