What makes the most effective team? In 2012, Google embarked on a study to find the answer. Project Aristotle studied the dynamics of various groups to discover what is essential to a team’s productivity and success. Matt Sakaguchi, a site reliability engineer at Google, talked about the company’s research and practical tips around building high-performing teams, including the importance of psychological safety in the workplace. Matt addressed the research and key learnings from Google’s pilot program and shared his insights as a manager who worked with his own team and other employees to understand and instill the findings and principles in the real world.
