If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go alone too. (mostly)

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Excessive collaboration slows down product development and reduces team effectiveness. The key is empowering individual ownership where one person drives decisions while selectively gathering specific feedback. Default to shipping code over discussing it, tag specific people for targeted input rather than broadcasting requests, and provide feedback after shipping instead of creating approval bottlenecks. Teams should actively reduce unnecessary collaboration by identifying clear owners and trusting them to execute independently.

Collaboration sucks

Being good at feedback means knowing when not to give it

If collaboration sucks, why do people do it?

How to crush collaboration (and go farther, faster)

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<s>Collaborate as much as possible</s>
Collaborate as little as possible but as much as needed!
I really like the idea of giving people ownership by actively telling them: “Your call!”

In essence, I absolutely agree and tell people exactly this, but in reality it’s more complex. For example, what if most of your employees are poorly trained and have poor motivation, yet you depend on them, due to legislation and poor hiring practices?
If you are in such a situation, you don’t really find anyone, that would be able or even willing to take the sole responsibility for a whole product, as they cannot even deliver the knowledge and skills necessary.

After 3 years working remotely and quite (pro) with async collaboration, I find that a team sitting together boost productivity by 1000%

let’s circle back, re-align and re-synergize

Micromanagement consumes time from collaborators who actually need to focus on important tasks. I also ask my boss for help when needed, but sometimes he must stay focused on critical situations like war rooms — and I don’t want to distract him.
Empowering people to take ownership helps reduce unnecessary interruptions and lets leaders focus on what really matters.