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9 Ways to Undermine Team Autonomy

Many teams are self-managing in name only

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Willem-Jan Ageling
Mar 23, 2025
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Autonomous, self-organising teams are at the core of virtually every modern product creation approach. I rarely have to show people the value of this, regardless if I engage with team product team members, middle management or C-level.

I found, however, that it is far easier to embrace the idea of self-organizing teams than it is to actually ensure they …

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