Poor morale is an energy zapper and leads to lack of cooperation, raw nerves, unproductivity, and, often, the loss of your best employees. But many managers either don't know or don't care that their behavior has a strong—and potentially negative—impact on their employees’ attitude and motivation.

Google has been famous for its 20 percent time policy, but recently there has been growing speculation that this policy is kind of dying within Google. Is the organization's large size to blame? Anuj Magazine looks at some of the unique problems inherent in large organizations.

For programs, the risks are too high to have longer times between integration points and demos. Waiting too long increases potential delays, which increases risks. You want feature teams in your program working together, so you want short iterations and small stories connecting often and everywhere.