🎉 Good news - we're extending the celebration! The response to our 5th anniversary discount has been so wonderful that we've decided to give you a little more time: the 40% off promotion is now extended until end of day May 19th!

Are dependencies slowing your team down — or are they just blocking your thinking? In this lesson from our video course "Remote and Hybrid Team Interactions", by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais, the authors break down a surprisingly practical shift in how teams should think about dependencies.

Team Topologies is pleased to announce that professional services firm KPMG UK has become a Team Topologies Solution Partner (TTSP). Read the full story: teamtopologies.com/news-blogs-n...

Too high cognitive load often stops teams from doing their best work for customers 🛑 Software teams are spread thin due to the myriad of tasks, goals, and expectations on them.

What is a #TeamFirst approach? 🥇 Why should organizations grow 🌿 and trust long-lived teams as the fundamental units of delivery? Find out the answers and a lot more in the #TeamTopologies Distilled self-paced 3h course in our Academy, directly from the authors Manuel Pais & Matthew Skelton.

Are your teams spending more time coordinating than delivering? The Team Topologies Assessment gives you data-driven clarity on where your organization stands and specific, actionable recommendations for improvement Take the assessment: survey.teamtopologies.com/tt-assessment

Exploring how Team Topologies might help in your organization? Looking to assess your current state? Book an online consultation with one of the authors, Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais 👉 bit.ly/4sBUNQu

Did you miss Black Friday week at the Team Topologies Academy? Don't worry, we still have 20% off on all courses & bundles. Discount applies to groups as well. Use code WINTER2025 by Jan 15th to gain insights into operational constraints, patterns, & thinking tools that accelerate team flow.

Is your organization truly ready for fast flow of value? Organizations struggle to identify exactly where friction is slowing them down. We've created the Team Topologies Assessment—a comprehensive evaluation covering 10 key dimensions of organizational agility. Take the assessment bit.ly/3Xp3dfO

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In teams where ownership is shared, fragmented, or unclear, work gets done, but outcomes often aren’t achieved. Understand why Agile alone isn’t enough and uncover what’s really slowing your team down. Read the newsletter series on ‘Why Agile Isn’t Enough" bit.ly/43Bc55q

"Each of your value streams represents the flow of work in a particular subdomain. And each piece of work results in new or improved capabilities. However, not all subdomains contribute equal value to the business and product strategy.

Is your organization ready for the inevitable generative AI amplification? It’s clear that GenAI acts as an amplifying force, making better what’s already working but making much worse any poor practices or business decisions. So where should leaders start? Save your spot bit.ly/48eDLja

The "Understanding Enabling Teams" Bundle from the Team Topologies Academy, includes two key courses: TeamTopologies Distilled (covering foundational concepts in just under 3 hours) and Effective EnablingTeams (focusing on creating Enabling Teams that drive organizational learning and efficiency).

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Your people are key to advancing the ways of working in your organization towards fastflow, which in turn drives up Team Autonomy and Employee Satisfaction! The industry has recognized Team Topologies as a key enabler of fast flow.

Blue Lagoon Iceland, a world-renowned luxury wellness destination, faced the common consequences of rapid, organic growth, rising organizational complexity, cross-team collaboration issues, and technological constraints.

How can managers help to provide the focus on the team as a unit? First, help a team to define their Team API including identifying other teams that it may need to interact with.Also avoid “reaching into” a team and asking specific people to do specific things; treat the team as an indivisible unit

It’s always encouraging to see how Team Topologies for Managers helps organizations reflect and evolve. That “you can’t unsee it” moment often marks the start of lasting improvement — when clarity in team design changes how we think about collaboration and effectiveness.

As AI transforms knowledge work at an unprecedented pace, one question dominates boardroom conversations: How do we integrate AI while keeping our people at the center? The Second Edition of Team Topologies offers a compelling answer: treat AI agents like we treat high-performing human teams.

What Does an Organization Need in Order to Thrive in a Remote-First World? To thrive in a remote-first world, organizations must leave behind ideas inherited from Taylorism, mechanistic, output-centric measures of productivity ...

"A fastflow of software changes requires a seamless user and developer experience so any internal platform must start with the aim of providing a first-class experience for developers, testers, data engineers, and other people using the platform.

We now have four vital ways to scale out adoption and awareness of Team Topologies across the enterprise: - Team Topologies Academy 🎓 - enterprise content licensing 🖼️ - Team Topologies Success Toolkit™ 🛠️ - bulk book purchase options 📚 Get in touch: teamtopologies.com/large-scale-...

Have you heard about the newest course from the Team Topologies Academy, created by Manuel Pais and Matthew Skelton — Remote and Hybrid Team Interactions? 🎓 In this self-paced, video-based course, you’ll learn how to help your organization thrive in a remote-first world.

"The platform is first and foremost a curated experience for its users, usually engineers in internal teams. We must design the platform with the user in mind, with a strong focus on the user experience and developer experience.

🚀 Team Topologies Second Edition by @matthewskelton.com and Manuel Pais is here with a game-changer: cognitive load as the cornerstone of organizational design. The shift? From "efficient machines" to "flourishing ecosystems"

The journey towards Effective Enabling Teams will take some time and effort. In particular, the current culture and ways of working strongly influence how quickly an organization can understand and embrace the value of enabling teams.

ACMON Systems, a multi-faceted organization serving both public and industry partners, faced a familiar yet complex challenge. Despite significant investments in AI tooling, cloud credits, and private cloud infrastructure, they struggled to realize meaningful ROI.

Always proud to share the great feedback we receive about the Team Topologies Academy courses. Patrick Debois, shared his thoughts on the "Effective EnablingTeams" course by Manuel Pais & Eduardo da Silva.

You can’t resolve systemic coordination issues through willpower or goodwill. You need to revisit the structure, clarifying who owns what, what needs to be decided jointly, and what doesn’t, and where the number of interaction points can be reduced through better team design.

Beyond the Machine: Team Topologies Second Edition and the Future of Humane, High-Performing Organizations Discover what's coming in the second edition and join the launch event 🚀 teamtopologies.com/news-blogs-n...

Summer Sale Alert! 🚀 Enjoy 20% OFF on all Team Topologies Academy courses and bundles. Use code "SUMMER2025" by August 31st to gain insights into operational constraints, patterns, and thinking tools that accelerate team flow!

Why are teams with 🔚 to 🔚 ownership of a stream of work, more likely to achieve fast discovery and delivery of customer needs? And how do we break down the work 🪓 into meaningful, mostly decoupled streams?

We are excited to announce that first new videos from the Remote & Hybrid Team Interactions course have been released! Make sure to check them out on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSpi...

📢We're thrilled to announce the newest course on the Team Topologies Academy by Manuel Pais and Matthew Skelton: "Remote and Hybrid Team Interactions". This is a self-paced video-based course. 🎓 This course will help your organization thrive in a #remotefirstworld.

Your people are key to advancing the #waysofworking in your organization towards #fastflow, which in turn drives up #TeamAutonomy and #EmployeeSatisfaction! The industry has recognized #TeamTopologies as a key enabler of fast flow.

Join us on 25 September 2025 for the launch of the Second Edition of the Team Topologies book! Meet the authors Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais as they discuss the brand new case studies. Pay As You Feel (PAYF) for tickets. #TeamTopologies ▶️ teamtopologies.com/launch

"Who should we ask for help?" "What do they want from us?"" "Why do we need to collaborate again?" Sounds familiar? The three core interaction modes #Collaboration, #XaaS, #Facilitating help frame expectations & purpose to guide teams & focus their interactions, saving time & avoiding frustrations.

"🎯 Have you heard about this bundle from the Team Topologies Academy? ""Understanding Enabling Teams Bundle (15% OFF)"" includes 2 self-paced, video courses: 1. #Effective #Enabling #Teams (by Manuel Pais & Eduardo da Silva) 2. #TeamTopologies Distilled (by Manuel Pais and Matthew Skelton).

Join us on 25 September 2025 for the launch of the Second Edition of the Team Topologies book! Meet the authors Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais as they discuss the brand new case studies. Pay As You Feel (PAYF) for tickets. #TeamTopologies ▶️ teamtopologies.com/launch

In the rush to embrace product-centric operating models, organizations often stumble into predictable yet rarely discussed pitfalls. We examine the challenges of transitioning from project to product and offer practical insights for navigating this complex transformation. 👉 bit.ly/4lG2Gjz

Platform teams are burning out from cognitive overload 🔥 The fix isn't more people—it's better boundaries. Domain-Driven Platform Engineering: Build platforms around business domains, not just generic infrastructure. Cognitive load as a design principle = game changer. Full article: bit.ly/3GupTGv

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🚀 From Siloed to Streamlined: A Real-World Team Topologies Transformation Learn how a global organization made the leap from siloed infrastructure to a scalable internal IaaS platform—with the help of Team Topologies principles. Read this new case study by Gielen Rojas-Lopez here: bit.ly/4kT4qG7

Team Topologies says "Hi!" from Melbourne! 🇦🇺 @matthewskelton.com is currently touring Australia and he teamed up with Luke McManus, our APAC region lead to meet with the Team Topologies community in Melbourne.

Integrating design thinking with team and organization design offers a powerful approach to transformation as well as the building of products. This addresses one of the most costly problems in financial services: the extended feedback loop between requirements, implementation and customer usage.

Are your Enabling Teams creating hidden dependencies? One of the biggest misunderstandings we see in organizations is assuming Enabling Teams must always be "short-lived." This isn't necessarily true—and getting it wrong can seriously impact your team's autonomy.