Doing showcases well
This is an essay that was published in Public Digital’s Signals 2 periodical (“Conditions for Success”). It’s fallen off the internet so I’m republishing here.
The best digital teams I’ve worked on give off a buzz when they are working. Even on very large teams, with hundreds of people working in a shared environment, there is an energy, a feeling of stuff getting done.
Sometimes, though, that energy is missing. I’ve worked on projects like that, I’m sure you have too. Instead of energy and harmony, there’s friction. People sitting just feet apart don’t know each other’s names, let alone what the other teams are working on.