“None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.” — Mother Teresa

Here at ECC, we believe that no one person alone can whistle a symphony. Instead, it takes a whole orchestra. It also takes a conductor, or in our case, many of them.

In our very first post, we talked about the importance of being accountable, focused, and efficient. As far as accountability goes, the hope is that the weekly stand-up posts, along with the github, help to give more clarity into the progress of the project. To help maximize our focus and efficiency, we’ve put some careful thought into how best to structure our team. We wanted to make sure we were playing to everyone’s strengths, allowing autonomy, and encouraging creativity to flourish. We wanted everyone to be set up to win.

As a result, we’ve organized into focused teams with proper team leads. The lead for each team will own their particular function. That means they are the ones who give direction, set expectations, provide the necessary on-boarding and training, recruit more community members if needed, etc. Whatever is necessary to ensure their team meets their goals.

Over the next little bit, the team leads will be organizing their plans and recruiting whoever they need to help them execute it. Some (or maybe most) of us are cross-functional, meaning we’ll help out in all kinds of different areas. But the team lead is the one with the reigns.

We look forward to the benefits that this reorganization will bring us, and we hope that as we grow, this will help us to stay focused on the ultimate goal.

Check out the freshly updated team page here.