The Wonderful World of Flat Hierarchy

I interviewed lots of candidates for teams I worked on, for other teams at the same company and, of course, I also was interviewed while looking for new opportunities for myself. In all cases, mentioning that the company has a flat hierarchy is considered an important aspect of the position and is placed as an…

The Importance of Maturity in Self-Organizing Teams

When I started my career it was normal to work in a highly hierarchical company, where you boss tells you what you need to do, what you need to focus and when you need to stop everything to work on something else that is more important to him. If you started to work in IT…

Self-Organizing Teams: Team Setup

When I decided to create this blog, I first tried to organize some topics I would like to write about. I created a list and the most recurrent topic on it is about self-organizing teams. Once I realized it, it was clear to me that my first post could not be about anything else, but…