Weak Software Teams
The strongest indication of a weak team is the realization that if you were to quit and start your own business, you wouldn’t try to poach any of your colleagues.
I saw this in a post about learning from failure on ranganwald’s blog and its so true!
I would poach some of my colleagues and ex-colleagues. Managers can go....
I'd poach you guys!
Simon - I like the tactful trailing-off of the sentence. I can certainly think of people we've worked with that I could work well with again.
Jon - thanks for the vote of confidence. If you ever start your own ... oh wait, you already did start your own business :)
If I ever worked for myself and had scope to employ others, I certainly have a mental "little black book" of who I would ask to join me.