Independent teams trump centralised, "functional" teams.

Don't be as arrogant to think you can "engineer" politics and coerce everyone to your point of view.

Related:

• Consensus is often impossible in a complex situation
• Openness
• Diversity
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• Use an ensemble of models to prevent overfitting
• Entrust people at the sharp edge to do what they think is needed for safety
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Contra:

• Means of persuasion

References

https://www.slideshare.net/vgururao/the-computational-condition