Organizational design often collides with getting work done; generating friction that causes all manner of problems. No one goes out of their way to make things difficult, however poor operating metaphors and one size fits all solutions are never optimal. There is a way for agile and team leaders to coexist, but can you take that path? Also this week, Jon M Quigley and his Alpha and Omega of Product Development column make time for the cast. In this installment, we talk about time (including a few time-related puns). Re-Read Saturday News\xa0 The accountability conversation is the fifth and last conversation addressed in our re-read of\xa0 . In Chapter 7 the authors define accountability as \u201cbeing obligated to render an account of what you have done and why.\u201d Next week we will cover the conclusions and some final thoughts. Then we will have a quick interlude re-reading Jim Benson\u2019s while we run a poll to select the next books.\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Week 1: - \xa0 Week 2: - \xa0 Week 3: - \xa0 Week 4: - \xa0 Week 5 - \xa0 Week 6 - \xa0 Week 7 - \xa0 Week 8 \xa0 \u2013 Week 9 -\xa0 \xa0 Week 10 - \xa0 \xa0 Next SPaMCAST\xa0 Next week, Julianna Lamb, co-founder and CTO at STYTCH.\xa0 We talked agile, start-ups, security, and more.