Sleep deprived musings — We talk about teams being the core unit of work in the post-industrial era, but a “team” is a somewhat abstract concept. What is a team really? In terms of gestalt principles, we often use the law of proximity (frontend, backend, product, design). But those categorizations rarely reflect how we actually work day to day. More often than not, the true team is better defined by a closure. It’s a product of the interactions and goals of the actors.