10x Teams with Dan Abel

Quality Bits

We've all worked with "heroes," great professionals who frequently "save the day" in the company. What if we'd instead prevent the day from needing the saving altogether?
Dan Abel believes in 10x teams rather than 10x engineers. Listen to this episode to learn more about it and what aspects to concentrate on when setting up the teams for success.
Find Dan on:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-abel/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/twicezer0
- Dan's 10x Teams website: https://ten-x.team
- Dan's blog: https://engineeringandcareering.co.uk/

Mentions and resources:

• Dan's 10x Teams initial article: https://ten-x.team/2023/02/22/build-10x-teams-for-delivery-effectiveness/
• Article on unblocking meetings: https://www.spydergrrl.com/2019/08/the-unstuck-meeting-safe-failure-space.html
• "Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words" by Randall Munroe
• "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
• "The Chimp Paradox: The Acclaimed Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness" by Steve Peters
• Team topologies: https://teamtopologies.com/
• Dunbar's theories:
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grooming,_Gossip_and_the_Evolution_of_Language
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number

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- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/
- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/
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Chapters

1. 10x Teams with Dan Abel (00:00:00)

2. What sparked the idea of 10x Teams? (00:04:04)

3. Four main areas of 10x Teams (00:09:41)

4. Flow and Safety (00:11:50)

5. Empathy and Values (00:16:12)

6. Risk Appetite and Safety (00:20:07)

7. Examples of Flow and Safety in the Team (00:23:04)

8. Where should we start building a 10x team? (00:31:38)

9. Making mistakes vs. hero culture (00:35:09)

10. Turning existing teams into 10x Teams (00:37:46)