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Teams are adaptive systems

Teams are adaptive systems. Workers adapt to the work environment their manager gives them.

Just In Time is a management approach consisting in the removal of buffers to reduce costs and surface problems.

Lagging indicators are measures of problems that already caused irreparable damage.

Leading indicators are metrics that surface problems before they hit you.

Core Values are expensive tradeoffs whose worthiness managers must demonstrate with costly actions.

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are tools to surface problems.

Scoping is the definition and communication of what's to be done, what's *not* to be done, and when the task is finished.

Managers might or might not be the ones conducting training, but they must set expectations for who must learn what and what for.

Job descriptions are useful because they are conspicuous. They also inform development. Good vs bad.