[zaphar]

A good tech lead actively works to minimize occasions to exercise his role as deadlock breaker. But you can't eliminate that need. If you do then the first time you have a deadlock will be a disaster and you may find that a well functioning team has now turned in a massively dysfunctional one.

[jerf]

"In the cases of a disagreement deadlock you need someone to break the deadlock." != "You can eliminate the need for disagreement deadlocking."