Ways to Make Design + Dev + Business Teams Functional and Happy

Core issues related to multidisciplinary teams, along with proposed solutions.

Understand the goals and values of teammates, and create alignment for decision making.

Ensure the right team composition for high-quality and efficient output.

Create connectedness among teammates without overdoing it.

Speak the same language as teammates for effective communication and understanding.

Create a shared vision for the team as an inspirational agreed-upon destination.

Share projects across the organization for transparency and cross-team collaboration.

Share team structure and artifacts for crystal-clear understanding and communication in and outside the team.

Ensure the right tools and processes for minimal artifacts and maximum speed.

Thread innovation time into scheduled work for mental breaks, morale boosts, incremental improvements, and innovation.

The end of the episode includes some supplemental info about project management methodologies and their effect on design/dev/business processes, Ian's background, and the impetus and goal of the podcast.