Our engineering team has been working insane hours to hit this release deadline and everyone is burned out but we keep saying 'just one more sprint' and I can see people starting to check out mentally. We're all complicit in this cycle where we overcommit and then grind ourselves down to deliver, but no one wants to be the one to say we should cut scope or push the date.
More people experience this than they realize.
A team has normalized unsustainable work patterns and lacks the collective courage to challenge commitments they know are unrealistic.
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Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
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