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Teams Grow Organically

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Re: Teams Grow Organically

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The office advocacy seems out of place. Extroverts work this weak network methodology well with face time. Introverts are more likely to get similar results from sharing planning and status documents and lists highlighting relevant problem reports. While it may be easier to do this kind of thing by putting extroverts in an office it might be more valuable to let introverts focus on shared documents and reports becaus…

> * Introverts are more likely to get similar results from sharing planning and status documents and lists highlighting relevant problem reports.*

As an remote introvert, I do this sort of thing over Slack, instead of at the watercooler, not via docs.

Re: Teams Grow Organically

#22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was in a non-tech org of about 100 people and they had this. The data is so accessible to admins that it’s almost hard not to do it.

What was the data used for?

The company was getting a bit silo’d and they were using it to try and figure out a way to fix that.

Re: Teams Grow Organically

#23

I liked what flashed on the front page a week or so ago, about encouraging people to rant. With Slack specifically, it basically amounted to having a " " channel for every user. Now that I read the current post, maybe that should be a Slack feature out of the box!

"If you're remote, ramble" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44775563 (976 points, 464 comments)

Re: Teams Grow Organically

#24

This would be a better article if the term "organic" was defined.

I don't think it's hard to infer from the context and example. An organic team is a group of individuals that forms spontaneously within an organization based on informal communication networks and interpersonal relationships rather than formal directives or predefined structures. Such teams typically emerge in response to a specific need or opportunity and are composed of members from various departments who collabo…

Re-read my statement.

Re: Teams Grow Organically

#25

I find the automate csv shuffling example interesting. I have never worked in a place that was this organic. You can’t just find some idea and do things. There are road maps and promises made to manager and product. What incentivises your manager to just agree to let you work on your own projects?

> What incentivises your manager to just agree to let you work on your own projects? What incentivizes you to ask permission?

I'm simply not allowed to work on things that are not agreed upon with my manager.

Re: Teams Grow Organically

#26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> What incentivises your manager to just agree to let you work on your own projects? What incentivizes you to ask permission?

I'm simply not allowed to work on things that are not agreed upon with my manager.

Are you allowed to pee? To make yourself a sandwich? To comment on Hacker News during work hours? To look out the window at two birds fighting over a stick?
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