Large, silo teams naturally adopt a waterfall work model. Batches of work, the time needed to complete them, and time between handovers increase. Teams move further away from a common goal, though they continue to revolve around it. 4/9

As the connection with the end result becomes thinner and longer, here and now becomes a more tangible goal than the final, collaborative result. The centrifugal force grows, pushing the teams even further apart. 5/9

Although the organization still revolves around the common product, the centrifugal force scatters the teams along three dimensions: competence (specialization), size (magnitude) of the work batches, and time (process). 6/9

Imagine these silo teams (or masses) spinning on thin ropes. Moving independently, yet spinning around a center that still holds them together. Collisions? Yes. Coordination issues? Sure. Delays? Of course. 7/9

The traditional answer is to bring on the coordinators (jugglers). The bigger the problem the more of them. Second solution? The matrix structure. While both ideas seem valid, they merely (attempt to) counterbalance the powerful organizational centrifugal force (inertia). 8/9

Any ideas on how to stop or better how to prevent the inertia? Or is it just the organizational law of physics and we're screwed? I pictured this in a conversation with Adam Michalczyk and Andrey Zinchuk (thanks guys!). I won't risk illustrating, maybe someone more talented will try. 9/9

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