Your regular reminder that Spotify don’t use the Spotify model, they never really did.

Don’t attempt to blindly copy practices from other organisations. Especially not big tech like Google, Netflix, Spotify, Facebook etc.

You’ll most likely just end up cargo culting if you do – going through the motions without real benefits.

Especially don’t simply try and graft “Tribes”, “Squads”, “Guilds” and “Chapters” onto your existing organisational structure. The original content on the model was about a lot more than team structures. But this is normally the only thing that orgs adopt.

Frameworks and models are appealing as they feel like a shortcut, but they usually miss the nuances of your specific challenges.

Be inspired, but don’t copy.