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I'd posit that the only way to get > 4 teammates to work together is if they think in mostly the same way. Sometimes that may be desirable, but more often than
by j_baker 14y ago
I'd posit that the only way to get > 4 teammates to work together is if they think in mostly the same way. Sometimes that may be desirable, but more often than not you want a team that is made of people who think differently from each other.
- adrianhoward 14y agoWell - that depends on what you mean by "think differently". If you mean that they've all got to mutually agree on some working practices that are going to enable them to work together effectively - then yes. If you mean have the same outlook or skill set - then it certainly doesn't seem to be true in my experience :-) In fact, I'd say the opposite is true if anything. If everybody has the same outlook and skill set the group tends to more rapidly moves into a committee like non-self directive setup from what I've seen. I'm guessing that's because they don't have to come up with techniques for handling dissenting opinion as much.