We’ve just stated a new weekly lunch event on the product team where we pick a relevant topic and jam on it. We talked about a new strategy at one, and design process at the one today. It’s an attempt to cross pollinate across the team best practices, new ideas, road map pitches, and the like. <\/p>\n
One challenge in the office is that we’re grouped into teams, but that doesn’t guarantee that we’re working together towards a common goal. Sometimes the issue is opaqueness, and sometimes poor communication. Not enough time to coordinate, a lack of context, or even an inability to relate all lead to an inability to align. <\/p>\n
But I just don’t buy it. We have common customers, and a common end goal. Within that we’ve got to find a way to create a common language. And that’s the goal of these lunches. <\/p>\n
I hope that in three months time our designers have a clear vision of the platform and how they’re shaping it. <\/p>\n
I hope that the larger team has a better visual of what we’re building because we become better storytellers. <\/p>\n
And I hope that these exchanges become a high point of everyone’s week. <\/p>\n
Because the best part of being a team is winning together, and I think this will help get us there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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