There is more to managing large teams in organizations than limiting work in progress. 

In this episode, we delve into the complexities and nuances of handling larger teams effectively and explore: - the importance of robust feedback mechanisms and fostering trust and collaboration among team members.  - strategies for short lived, goal-oriented, self-organizing teams and how those can enhance efficiency and focus.  - the role of social dynamics in team management

(Sorry about the sound quality, we had some tech issues)

The argument over whether specialists or generalists are more valuable to an organization has been going on FOREVER.  And the answer is --of course-- it depends on what you’re trying to do.

In this episode we continue our conversation and exploration of learning in organizations and we look at generalists and specialists partially from a learning point of view. We also talk about the implications of the trend with the decreasing number of generalists in tech.

We’ve seen many organizations invest huge amounts of money and energy in training as part of agile transformations and all sorts of other changes. These investments often have disappointing results. Sometimes the new way looks a lot like the old way, but with new names.

Lot’s of factors contribute to this.  However, there is a common thread. There’s almost always an overemphasis on what to do and how to do it. Why something works, when to do it, and when to make adjustments get little if any attention.

This is the difference between explicit and implicit knowledge--and that’s what we talk about in this episode.