10x teams

As I've written before , I've seen teams work in incredible burst of productivity. We achieved 10x productivity for a week or so at a time. I've always been fascinated by it. Wouldn't it be great if we can get closer to these peaks in our day-to-day? Having now seen dozens of teams in various situations, I think the ingredients for having the perfect storm of productivity are: Team wants to work for someone who cares about what they do. There is focus and clear priority for the work to be done. The team has the right resources at hand. You probably can't achieve 10x performance consistently, but most mission-driven startups get very close. If you have the feeling that something is wrong with your team's output, you can use the following flow-chart to find problems. Here's a PDF version .