From 5320cc71eb6aa673410b8ccba093d299dd77546f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Azevedo Barnes Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 11:48:59 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Reword intro --- src/posts/2024-05-21-team-buy-in.md | 20 +++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/posts/2024-05-21-team-buy-in.md b/src/posts/2024-05-21-team-buy-in.md index a0c433a1e4..98310be4da 100644 --- a/src/posts/2024-05-21-team-buy-in.md +++ b/src/posts/2024-05-21-team-buy-in.md @@ -15,17 +15,16 @@ image: "/assets/images/posts/2024-05-21-team-buy-in/header-visual.jpeg" imageAlt: "A rocket icon on a grey image background" --- -Consultants get a bad rep sometimes, and often for good reason, specially due to powerful top tier consultancies involved in everything from privatization of public companies to disaster relief. They're everywhere these days. +"Ugh, leadership is bringing in a bunch of consultants from Evil Co to audit the team and point out our inefficiencies… this can't be good, right?" -Boutique, technical consultancies like Mainmatter are nothing like that, but still "consultant" is a title with plenty of loaded meanings and associations. +Consultants get a bad rep sometimes, and often for good reason, specially due to powerful top tier consultancies involved in +everything from privatization of public companies to disaster relief. They're everywhere these days. -As our Engineering Manager, [Kevin Bongart](https://github.com/KevinBongart), puts it eloquently, the perception can be like: +Software engineering consultancies like Mainmatter are nothing like that, but still "consultant" is a title with plenty of loaded meanings and associations. -"Ugh, leadership is bringing in a bunch of consultants from Big Co to audit the team and point out our inefficiencies… this can't be good, right?" +In the in-house team's view, consultants are often bad news: audits, inefficiencies, and changes suggested by _outsiders_! The natural reaction is to resist opening up, and then implementation of adjustments, even positive ones. -In the team's view, consultants are bad news: audits, inefficiencies, and changes suggested by _outsiders_! The natural reaction is to resist the implementation of all adjustments, even positive ones. - -The team would need a very good reason to be on board. And that's called team buy-in. +The team needs a very good reason to be on board. ## Making sure we're welcome guests @@ -77,6 +76,13 @@ That's a very bad start for a long term relationship. Hence, Mainmatter doesn't do audits. We offer blameless assessments as a resource to help teams plan their future work, possibly leading us to a fruitful collaboration down the line. +TODO: add concrete examples of where the assessment can help the team + +- provide more budget or people, better tooling +- help push through a team's long standing priorities +- help decide on competing priorities +- + ### Collaboration, not intervention