This document discusses how to build better products by building better teams. It advocates for assembling diverse, cross-functional teams that work autonomously and are co-located. It emphasizes that product development is a team sport that requires psychological safety, alignment on goals, and leaders who empower teams and get out of the way. Building such teams will allow organizations to keep up with rapid technological changes and build the new interfaces to the world that software and technology enable.
6. 2011
1. Exxon Mobil
2. Microsoft
3. IBM
4. Chevron
5. Walmart
2018
1. Apple
2. Alphabet
3. Microsoft
4. Facebook
5. Amazon
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7. Software is eating the world“ ”MARC ANDREESEN
2011
programming
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8. THE RATE OF CHANGE YOU
EXPERIENCE TODAY IS THE
SLOWEST IT WILL EVER BE
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“all of the technology required to
transform industries through
software finally works and can be
widely delivered at global scale.”
MARC ANDREESEN
2011
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“THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM
ABSURDLY EXCITED ABOUT. WE CAN HAVE
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS SAT NEXT TO A FONT
DESIGNER, A SOUND DESIGNER, A MOTION
GRAPHICS EXPERT, A COLOUR DESIGNER, A
SOFT MATERIALS EXPERT, ETC”
JONY IVE
88. 1. ASSEMBLE YOUR TEAM
DIVERSE, CROSS-FUNCTIONAL, CO-LOCATED
2. SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS
PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY, AUTONOMY, PURPOSE
3. PICK THE RIGHT PROCESS
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LEADERS
90. 1. START SMALL, SHOW DON’T TELL
CHANGE HOW YOU WORK BEFORE YOU CHANGE THE COMPANY
2. PULL IN OTHER TEAM MEMBERS
PULL IN COUNTERPARTS AND THEY WILL RETURN THE FAVOUR
3. ALIGN YOUR GOALS
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TEAM MEMBERS
97. THANK YOU!
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