Good intentions, bad outcomes

🚨 SPINNING WHEELS: The Hidden Cost of Working on Multiple Teams

β€’ Xodiac β€’ Season 1 β€’ Episode 4

Is your organization spreading people too thin across multiple teams? In this revealing episode, Hino and Wayne expose how the well-intentioned practice of assigning people to multiple teams is DESTROYING productivity and team ownership! 😱

πŸ”₯ You'll discover:

  • Why your team members are stuck in ENDLESS standups with nothing to report
  • The shocking productivity loss from constant context switching between teams
  • How assigning scarce resources across multiple teams actually REINFORCES knowledge silos
  • The real reason your "resource optimization" is causing project delays
  • Why team members assigned to multiple projects feel like "fifth wheels" instead of valued contributors


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Questions Answered

0:38 What problems arise when people are assigned to multiple teams? 

1:04 How do structure issues lead to inefficient workflows? 

2:27 Why do organizations assign people to multiple teams? 

5:02 What are the effects on productivity when people work across teams? 

8:08 How do multi-team assignments damage team ownership? 

10:40 When do dependencies between teams block progress? 

12:19 What solutions can fix fractional team assignments? 

14:20 How can organizations maximize workflow across teams?

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