--- title: Why Your Team’s Biggest Problem Isn’t a Skills Gap description: Organizational researcher André Martin's new book Collective Confidence argues that team performance depends less on individual skill and more on a shared... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-your-team-s-biggest-problem-isn-t-a-skills-gap-z2030ojql twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why Your Team’s Biggest Problem Isn’t a Skills Gap | daily.dev og:description: Organizational researcher André Martin's new book Collective Confidence argues that team performance depends less on individual skill and more on a shared... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-your-team-s-biggest-problem-isn-t-a-skills-gap-z2030ojql og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/z2030OJQL.png og:image:alt: Why Your Team’s Biggest Problem Isn’t a Skills Gap og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why Your Team’s Biggest Problem Isn’t a Skills Gap **[IT Revolution](https://daily.dev/sources/itrevolution)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Organizational researcher André Martin's new book Collective Confidence argues that team performance depends less on individual skill and more on a shared belief that the team can succeed together. Drawing on the 2004 NBA Finals upset of the star-studded Lakers by the underdog Pistons, the piece explains that collective confidence—built through six principles like fostering low-stakes wins and shared learning—predicts performance better than individual talent, especially as task complexity rises. The book releases September 8, 2026 from IT Revolution Press. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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