How to Navigate and Contribute Effectively When Working With a Product Team With Low Operational Maturity

How can a lowly UX designer at the bottom of the totem pole navigate and contribute effectively when you work with a product team with low operational maturity? These tips are based on the fact that your team is dysfunctional, not malicious. We can have a dysfunctional team full of really nice people who we enjoy working with. The team just doesn't function very well together. That's a far cry from malicious.