The Effect on Squads
We’ve seen fewer personality clashes and petty disagreements in our squads. In fact, many have become so tightly knit that they have become known as “work families” with bonds extending well beyond their agile meetings and daily collaboration.
Squads at Trade Me have also become far more stable.
Before our first self-selection, one of the most common concerns was that participants would be “signing away their lives,” having to work on a squad for as long as they were with the company. Not only did this concern turn out to be unfounded, but people seem to be going to great lengths to remain with their current squads.
When we were faced with this concern in the very beginning, we promised the option to have re-squadifications ...
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