What is a #TeamFirst approach? 🥇

Why should organizations grow 🌿 and trust long-lived teams as the fundamental units of delivery?

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🚨News: After the loss, Dez Bryant urged Davante Adams and the Rams to stay grounded, honor his role, and chase another Super Bowl with a team-first mindset—because legacy isn't built in heartbreak, it's built in unity. #NFL #TeamFirst

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HOLD THE PHONE, STEELERS NATION! Bradshaw's calling an AUDIBLE on Pickens' game plan! This ain't about stats - it's TEAM FIRST, superstar second! Pickens needs to channel that raw talent into CHAMPIONSHIP DNA! Will he rise to the challenge or get BENCHED in crunch time? The clock's ticking on this young gun's future! #NFL #SteelersFootball #TeamFirst

https://thetruthperspective.org/node/6397

George Pickens 'Has to Play for Everyone,' Not Just Stats, Says Terry Bradshaw | The Truth Perspective

We all love a sports icon, but what happens when one name overshadows the whole team? In this piece, we take a heartfelt look at Virat Kohli, sports stardom, and why no one—not even the best—should be bigger than the game itself. A read for anyone who believes in sport for sport’s sake.

Glory lights one face,
but the field holds many dreams—
don’t forget the game.

https://abeautifulmess.substack.com/p/kohlis-cricket-or-crickets-kohli

#ViratKohli #Believe #CricketCulture #SportsAndSociety #TeamFirst #ABeautifulMess #CricketMeriJaan

Kohli’s Cricket, or Cricket’s Kohli?

You hear it all the time in sports circles: “He’s bigger than the game.” It’s usually said with a mix of awe and discomfort.

A Beautiful Mess

Team first approach and designing teams to achieve the software architecture you need is totally nice and fine.

Unfortunately I observe that in reality a lot of this falls apart under time pressure :-(

Suddenly building things fast wins over building them in the right place.

#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture #teamtopologies #coding #teamfirst

From a deluded obsession with superstars over substance, Indian cricket must undergo an identity overhaul back to its sacred pursuit of team excellence and world domination across formats. This is a wake-up call to slay the cult of toxic individualism sabotaging championship glory - https://abeautifulmess.substack.com/p/cricketainment-indias-toxic-obsession

Shatters vain
delusions of fame
Teamwork conquers all

#TeamFirst #Meritocracy #CricketReform #EntitledCelebrities #TeamMentality #ABeautifulMess #IPL #Cricket #CricketMeriJaan #ICC

@cricket

Cricketainment: India's Toxic Obsession With Idolizing Stars Over Winning Teams

"In the name of God, go!" These were the exasperated words of veteran Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle after watching his countrymen suffer yet another abject failure at the 2022 T20 World Cup. With a global trophy having cruelly slipped through their fingers once more, Bhogle's plaintive cry captured the perpetual heartbreak Indian cricket inflicts upon its billion-plus fans.

A Beautiful Mess

🚀 Unlocking Team Productivity! 🤝 Dive into Robert Ruzitschka's insights on prioritising the team over the individual for enhanced collaboration and productivity: 🔗https://robertruzitschka.substack.com/p/we-instead-of-i-the-team-as-the-smallest

👥 Team Unity
🧠 Collective Wisdom
⚠️ Beware of Heroes
📉 Coordination Costs
📈 Power of Collaboration
💼 Practical Implications

Tap into the power of teamwork to drive innovation and productivity in your organisation!

#Teamwork #Collaboration #Productivity #TeamFirst #BusinessStrategy

Credit: Robert Ruzitschka 📝

“We” instead of “I” - The team as the smallest unit of delivery

Collaboration and new research on productivity

"The authors also show that the individual productivity improvements stagnate with increasing group size - in other words, above a specific team size (and it is rather small, approx. 10-15 people) almost no additional productivity gains can be observed."

Super article from Robert Ruzitschka

https://robertruzitschka.substack.com/p/we-instead-of-i-the-team-as-the-smallest

#TeamTopologies #TeamFirst

“We” instead of “I” - The team as the smallest unit of delivery

Collaboration and new research on productivity