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Effective Engineering Teams

• chiefalchemist 3y ago
  > A "work group" and a "team" may seem interchangeable, but they differ fundamentally in their degree of interdependence: As a contractor, I've worked at more than two or three outfits where "team" was used far too casually. In fact, one agency in particular, I was there six months, heard and read "team" countless times but never once was there a tean gathering (read: meeting). Not on Zoom. Not even on Slack. I asked one of the managers, "How can there be a team when we never have team meetings?" He never replied. Nuff said. I get it. Meetings - at least those without agenda / purpose - suck. But safety requires trust, and trust requires sharing, bonding, etc. To maximize the benefits of team there has to be investment in that process. Team is a function of management and leadership, or the lack there of.