In defense of premise 1: if the team members in the room are unaware of the fact that one of them is under performing, it's not a team. You have an entirely dif

In defense of premise 1: if the team members in the room are unaware of the fact that one of them is under performing, it's not a team. You have an entirely different kind of problem. In defense of premise 2: that's pretty much the whole premise of the article, if people do bring it up then whatever problem you may have, team members not holding each other accountable isn't one of them. But this really, really annoys me (and not just me, it's one of the thing I keep hearing from people find it hard to work with us geeks): "a better way of handling the situation other than saying it out loud in front of everyone". For fuck sake, it's not like you're outing someones sexual preference for pink ponies in front of their parents and loved ones! It's about the work, the stuff you're getting paid to do, and it's not even a criticism, it's an observation, nobody is blaming anybody.