Thank you for linking. Now I can confirm that the study is, frankly, bullshit. Ignoring the ridiculous sample size of 34, the "smells" are totally subjective. In fact one could argue in favor of each of them - this reminds me of open concept cargo culting:
Organizational Silo. Siloed
groups in the community that do
not communicate with each other,
except through one or two of their
respective members;
>1. Organizational Silo. Siloed
groups in the community that do
not communicate with each other,
except through one or two of their
respective members;
If I'm working on team A I don't need to know what literally every person on every other team is doing.
>2. Black Cloud. There is an
excessive information overload due
to the lack of structured
communication. This might lead to
a huge increase of data exchanges
across a community;
What? Lack of communication leads to excessive information? That doesn't even make sense.
>3. Lone Wolf. Unsanctioned or
defiant contributors who work in an
irrespective manner or regardless
of their team;
Where I'm from we call this initiative. I've been rewarded for showing it my entire life. This is not black and white.
>4. Radio Silence. One team member
interposes themselves into every
formal communication across two
or more sub-communities with little
or no flexibility to introduce other
parallel channels.
I don't even understand what this means.
None of the first three points are black and white, as they make them out to be. This is pure ideologically driven data mining playing off the stereotype of women being better communicators. Ironic.
>1. Organizational Silo. Siloed groups in the community that do not communicate with each other, except through one or two of their respective members;
If I'm working on team A I don't need to know what literally every person on every other team is doing.
>2. Black Cloud. There is an excessive information overload due to the lack of structured communication. This might lead to a huge increase of data exchanges across a community;
What? Lack of communication leads to excessive information? That doesn't even make sense.
>3. Lone Wolf. Unsanctioned or defiant contributors who work in an irrespective manner or regardless of their team;
Where I'm from we call this initiative. I've been rewarded for showing it my entire life. This is not black and white.
>4. Radio Silence. One team member interposes themselves into every formal communication across two or more sub-communities with little or no flexibility to introduce other parallel channels.
I don't even understand what this means.
None of the first three points are black and white, as they make them out to be. This is pure ideologically driven data mining playing off the stereotype of women being better communicators. Ironic.