> It was so difficult to accomplish even basic things because our experiences were so different that we didn't have common ground to work from.
I am curious what kind of work this was, if you can share.
I had a lot of difficulty in the past when working in situations where there was "life-experience" context to the problem space that was not shared by the whole team.
But we had to get the job done so we worked around it.
I think in the end the need to be more explicit, to provide more context and to work towards abstract descriptions of problems was also a positive.
When life gives you lemons and all that.
