A most interesting read. Never heard of this effect. It makes sense. Maybe caught a whiff of it in some organisations. In highly compartmentalised setups you so

A most interesting read. Never heard of this effect. It makes sense. Maybe caught a whiff of it in some organisations. In highly compartmentalised setups you sometimes feel that another team is working directly against you. There's also the kind of anti-engineering, where one team builds a product while another within the same organisation try to break it. For example: one team is trying to make a great UI while the ad-revenue or DRM crew are screwing up the user experience sticking their oar in. These are the sort of things that lead to a feeling of betrayal, or that your team is second best. Making grand announcements that "soon everything will change" or that some hitherto secret product will upstage everything else is bound to be unsettling. If it's a secret, keep your mouth shut and quit posturing to your own congregation.