I've experienced working at very structured companies which things move really fast and projects are closed well (lots of MBAs, VPs and project managers), that company was not a tech company, but I've noticed that the output of the work in terms of quality and innovation really sucked. People had a "factory worker" mindset, just keep doing the same stuff even if things were failing until someone at the upper management decided a different thing. I came back to a company that I worked a few years ago which I love, that has lots of engineers and makers (designers, tech support with technology background). They create a lot of amazing things, but things move very slowly and we are not growing fast enough. I've watched this: https://vimeo.com/34081566 and I was really surprised by Mailchimp's culture. How can slow company move faster without hiring stupid people that just put pressure and make people's lives miserable? Can a company move faster using more analytics? Note: it's not Saas but hardware and offline software.
My initial thoughts are that if you have clear goals for your teams, they will perform according to those measures you set. Consider what processes you are using as well? To maintain creativity you still need to have a process that encourages completion. A third idea is to have at least one or two facilitators in your team that are responsible for assuring you are meeting the goals and expectations for the team. It could be a team leader or it can be a role that changes from project to project and that all members of the team have skills in facilitating the team's approach.
Answered 8 years ago
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