Dynamic Reteaming: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Heidi Helfand
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Summary
Your team will change whether you like it or not。 People will come and go。 Your company might double in size or even be acquired。 In this practical book， author Heidi Helfand shares techniques for reteaming effectively。 Engineering leaders will learn how to catalyze team change to reduce the risk of attrition， learning and career stagnation， and the development of knowledge silos。
Based on research into well-known software companies， the patterns in this book help CTOs and team managers effectively integrate new hires into an existing team， manage a team that has lost members， or deal with unexpected change。 You'll learn how to isolate teams for focused innovation， rotate team members for knowledge sharing， break through organizational apathy， and more。
You'll explore:
Real-world examples that demonstrate why and how organizations reteam
Five reteaming patterns: One by One， Grow and Split， Isolation， Merging， and Switching
Tactics to help you master dynamic reteaming in your company
Stories that demonstrate problems caused by reteaming anti-patterns
Based on research into well-known software companies， the patterns in this book help CTOs and team managers effectively integrate new hires into an existing team， manage a team that has lost members， or deal with unexpected change。 You'll learn how to isolate teams for focused innovation， rotate team members for knowledge sharing， break through organizational apathy， and more。
You'll explore:
Real-world examples that demonstrate why and how organizations reteam
Five reteaming patterns: One by One， Grow and Split， Isolation， Merging， and Switching
Tactics to help you master dynamic reteaming in your company
Stories that demonstrate problems caused by reteaming anti-patterns
Reviews
Daniele Latella
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A discoursive manual about team resilience and remembering the human。 Very useful as a physical book to weigh in your options in real-life cases， but there is something to take away in theory。The book is drawing exclusively from software development startups and has been written as the only ones who can get something out of it， but I disagree: there's something useful for any kind of team。 A discoursive manual about team resilience and remembering the human。 Very useful as a physical book to weigh in your options in real-life cases， but there is something to take away in theory。The book is drawing exclusively from software development startups and has been written as the only ones who can get something out of it， but I disagree: there's something useful for any kind of team。 。。。more
Ashik Uzzaman
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I finished reading Dynamic Reteaming: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams by Heidi Helfand yesterday。 This was a good book， and a little bit different compared to many other management or leadership books in the sense that it focuses on team building。 I think managers and leaders with a growth focus should read this book。 Heidi draws on her vast experience from coaching at ExpertCity， Procore， AppFolio and Citrix Online， where Heidi was on the original development team that invented GoToMeeting I finished reading Dynamic Reteaming: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams by Heidi Helfand yesterday。 This was a good book， and a little bit different compared to many other management or leadership books in the sense that it focuses on team building。 I think managers and leaders with a growth focus should read this book。 Heidi draws on her vast experience from coaching at ExpertCity， Procore， AppFolio and Citrix Online， where Heidi was on the original development team that invented GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar。 Here are 5 team change patterns discussed in this book。（1） One by One - The simplest way to create a new team is to add or remove just one person。 - define career ladders and hierarchy。- ease the transition for the plus-ones- invite new ideas from new team members- consider the experiences of the people already on the team（2） Grow and Split - This pattern recognizes that teams that were once efficient can outgrow themselves， and breaking those teams into faster， sleeker， more specialized units can prove beneficial。- put the decision to split in the hands of the people- lead these split teams into their new mission- recognize that big teams are valid too（3） Merging - Merging is the natural inverse of the Grow and Split pattern， where two or more teams combine into a single unit。 - combine teams when the org needs greater flexibility and less specialization- mentor developers through the natural difficulties of merging- help team members find their new beginnings（4） Isolation - This pattern recommends extracting a small team from the larger organization and gave that team the freedom to work differently with a specific goal in mind。- create isolated teams for both big projects and short-lived problems- spread around the knowledge and maintenance to prevent messes（5） Switching - It takes place any time developers move to other teams within the same company， extending their lifespans at the company and helping them grow， learn and find fulfillment in their careers。- learn what developers’ career goals and interests are—and locate opportunities to further them- facilitate deliberate switching to spread knowledge and build resiliencySource: http://www。dragon-bishop。com/2020/11/。。。 。。。more
Toni Tassani
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There is a strong preference in the software industry toward stable teams， but teams eventually change。 People leave and join。 So， you better get good at it。 Heidi explains five reteaming patterns and supports her ideas with testimonies from different people。 It has references to COVID-19 and distributed teams， so it's well updated。However， this refreshing point of view， so well expressed in her talks， makes a book hard to read， sometimes repetitive， introducing every section from the previous o There is a strong preference in the software industry toward stable teams， but teams eventually change。 People leave and join。 So， you better get good at it。 Heidi explains five reteaming patterns and supports her ideas with testimonies from different people。 It has references to COVID-19 and distributed teams， so it's well updated。However， this refreshing point of view， so well expressed in her talks， makes a book hard to read， sometimes repetitive， introducing every section from the previous one。Aside from reteaming the book presents a few facilitation techniques， some Liberating Structures， ways to start new teams， retrospective suggestions and ways to survey the status of teams。 。。。more
Asier Marqués
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Este libro me ha cambiado la perspectiva en cuanto a organización de equipos。 Antes de leerlo era muy escéptico ya que estaba demasiado acostumbrado a configuraciones estáticas de equipos， pero Heidi aporta contexto y herramientas para poder gestionar cambios dinámicos no ya sin impactar en el desarrollo sino asegurando que no haya silos de conocimientos y la eficiencia。
Łukasz Słonina
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Dynamic Reteaming presents different approach from what most of us are thinking about team structure （that it should be stable）。 Interesting idea for building teams and organization。 The book itself presents many examples from different teams in general was too long for me， later chapters weren't adding much to theory presented in the beginning of the book。 Dynamic Reteaming presents different approach from what most of us are thinking about team structure （that it should be stable）。 Interesting idea for building teams and organization。 The book itself presents many examples from different teams in general was too long for me， later chapters weren't adding much to theory presented in the beginning of the book。 。。。more
Simon Hohenadl
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Good book on an often overlooked topic that is hard to research。I wish I had read this some years ago， before I learned much of this the hard way。
Ron
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This is in my top 5 agile books。 Heidi's insights and stories collected here are a treasure trove of observations and patterns。 Such a refreshing read - breaking away from communal reinforced "best practice" agile that is so prevalent today。 This is in my top 5 agile books。 Heidi's insights and stories collected here are a treasure trove of observations and patterns。 Such a refreshing read - breaking away from communal reinforced "best practice" agile that is so prevalent today。 。。。more
Alistair Bush
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I found Dynamic Reteaming a very difficult book to read。 The heavy use of examples as the primary way of explaining the points which the book was attempting to get across， for me， made this book long and tedious。 I personally would have like the book to have been more direct and in doing so significantly shorter。 It was interesting that the last chapters had fewer examples， or just referenced previous ones， and got their point across better。There is a YouTube video for Dynamic Reteaming which I I found Dynamic Reteaming a very difficult book to read。 The heavy use of examples as the primary way of explaining the points which the book was attempting to get across， for me， made this book long and tedious。 I personally would have like the book to have been more direct and in doing so significantly shorter。 It was interesting that the last chapters had fewer examples， or just referenced previous ones， and got their point across better。There is a YouTube video for Dynamic Reteaming which I would recommend people watch instead。The concepts introduced into the book are interesting， with a really heavy lean towards peer or mob programming。 I kept thinking back to patterns used by both of my previous employers around and found there to be a lot of similarities， which probably didn't help in my interest in this book。The value i will get out of this book is to be deliberate about reteaming and whenever wanting to organise or achieve some goal to also include some headspace about its impact on relationship building and reteaming。 。。。more
Kristjan
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This book delivers big time！ Guidance， actual war stories， antipatterns。
John Cumming
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If you are pretty certain that teams that remain stable， with fixed team members are the ideal to strive for and that Tuckmans model holds true for stable teams， then this book is worth a read to challenge that assumption。 If you are past this assumption and think that teams are dynamic and more complex than this， this book may fail to provide any real insight。 I was expecting a little more - maybe I read it too quick :）
David Morris
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This book is a MUST READ for people leaders of all kinds， PACKED with practical advice on all aspects of teaming （and of course， re-teaming）。 In this book， Helfand has identified a range of patterns and anti-patterns that organisations employ with when it comes to how they group people together to work， and how people deal with change。 Her findings are based on interviews with coaches， hiring managers， and others， as well as her experience at several organisations。 She covers how to form new tea This book is a MUST READ for people leaders of all kinds， PACKED with practical advice on all aspects of teaming （and of course， re-teaming）。 In this book， Helfand has identified a range of patterns and anti-patterns that organisations employ with when it comes to how they group people together to work， and how people deal with change。 Her findings are based on interviews with coaches， hiring managers， and others， as well as her experience at several organisations。 She covers how to form new teams （including aspects of self-selection）， how to deal with individuals joining and leaving， and especially deals with the supposed immutable concept of stable teams means no change at all。 There is a well-known Maori saying in New Zealand， “He aha te mea nui o te ao。 He tāngata， he tāngata， he tāngata”。 What is the most important thing in the world？ It is people， it is people， it is people。 Heidi Helfand shows true consideration for this。 First read this as a work in progress on Leanpub， so it’s great now to see this in print finally。 。。。more
Jay Yeo
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A collection of patterns and anecdotes for re-teaming。 Good for exploring effects of different ways of re-teaming。 Lighter on theory with focus on practice， individual preference for either end will determine whether you like this book。
Jason Fornelli
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Still a work in progress but has promise。 The discussion points are relevant to me and some current issues/concerns。I will update my review as it nears completion。
David
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