Biggest Obstacles to Effective Design

[Paul Copioli]

For most teams (and most companies) the biggest obstacle is talent. Too often we like to forget that it takes an insane amount of hard work to even have a chance to overcome raw talent.

At the end of the day, some people have it and many people do not.

The challenge for team leaders is identifying talent early and nurturing it.

This is not to say a team should discourage people that may not have the natural talent, but if you have a student(s) on your team that has/have the talent then you have a significant advantage over other teams if you take advantage of it.