The Other Side of 1-Pizza Teams

Published on 19.02.2026

The Other Side of 1-Pizza Teams

TLDR: AI tools genuinely boost individual productivity, but an 8-month HBR field study reveals the hidden cost: higher cognitive fatigue and longer hours. When one engineer with AI does the work of four, they absorb four people's worth of cognitive load, and that is a recipe for burnout if not managed deliberately.

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