Silence. Twenty seconds. Then the UX designer spoke: “I don’t know how to use the new prototyping tool. I’ve been faking it.”
The narrator began: “Dysfunction #1: Absence of Trust.” the five dysfunctions of a team audiobook repost
“Dysfunction #5: Inattention to Results.” Silence
By the end of the audiobook (1.7x speed, because Maya was now desperate), she didn’t feel hopeless. She felt exposed. And that was the first step. I’ve been faking it
She thought of the missed deadline last week. The backend lead had known for five days that he’d be late. No one asked. No one called him out. Accountability felt like aggression to this team. So instead, they let each other fail quietly.
Over the next month, they didn’t become perfect. But they started arguing productively. They missed one more deadline—but this time, they called it out together two days early. They built a small dashboard for team results, not individual tasks.