Autonomous teams are built for speed. When they are aligned toward a common destination, they can go a long way in a short time. But when they are poorly aligned, the team can veer far off course just as quickly. So they need to be pointed in the right direction and have the tools to quickly course-correct when warranted. That’s why, before any proposed two-pizza team was approved, they had to meet with Jeff and their S-Team manager—often more than once—to discuss the team’s composition, charter, and fitness function.
Ties into an earlier highlight about the shape of Jeff's days - meeting with product and exec teams to iterate on mission, KPIs, and relative priorities. (This is at the level of creating a team and how it measures progress, not quarterly OKRs for an individual team.)
