---
title: "Build humane, effective engineering organizations"
description: "Engineering leadership blog by Jade Rubick"
url: "https://www.rubick.com/8/"
---

## Recent posts

[![Use these tips to improve your executive presence](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/executive.BaML2gDh_Z27YtcS.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/executive-presence-coaching/)

### [Use these tips to improve your executive presence](https://www.rubick.com/executive-presence-coaching/)

February 7, 2022

[#communication](https://www.rubick.com/tags/communication/) [#diversity-equity-and-inclusion](https://www.rubick.com/tags/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/) [#leadership](https://www.rubick.com/tags/leadership/)

[![How security, reliability, and design teams can get other teams to do work for them -- the Objective Expert Model](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/objective.3U2QVM0c_Z12gvJU.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/objective-expert-model/)

### [How security, reliability, and design teams can get other teams to do work for them -- the Objective Expert Model](https://www.rubick.com/objective-expert-model/)

January 21, 2022

[#prioritization](https://www.rubick.com/tags/prioritization/) [#coordination-models](https://www.rubick.com/tags/coordination-models/) [#coordination-models-team](https://www.rubick.com/tags/coordination-models-team/) [#org-design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/org-design/) [#scaling](https://www.rubick.com/tags/scaling/) [#platform-engineering](https://www.rubick.com/tags/platform-engineering/) [#design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/design/)

[![Great engineering teams focus on milestones instead of projects](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/milestone.DgUDeseG_21KifB.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/milestones-not-projects/)

### [Great engineering teams focus on milestones instead of projects](https://www.rubick.com/milestones-not-projects/)

December 7, 2021

[#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#velocity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/velocity/) [#project-management](https://www.rubick.com/tags/project-management/) [#prioritization](https://www.rubick.com/tags/prioritization/) [#agile](https://www.rubick.com/tags/agile/) [#hacker-news](https://www.rubick.com/tags/hacker-news/) [#popular](https://www.rubick.com/tags/popular/)

[![Using a DSLR for video conferencing](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/dslr.DlY-ABSM_Z2wEFAx.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/using-a-dslr-for-video-conferencing/)

### [Using a DSLR for video conferencing](https://www.rubick.com/using-a-dslr-for-video-conferencing/)

November 22, 2021

[#remote-work](https://www.rubick.com/tags/remote-work/)

[![Engineering manager vs. tech lead -- which is better?](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/manager.xR9iiCab_1m11uu.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/engineering-manager-vs-tech-lead/)

### [Engineering manager vs. tech lead -- which is better?](https://www.rubick.com/engineering-manager-vs-tech-lead/)

November 17, 2021

[#org-design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/org-design/) [#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#velocity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/velocity/) [#scaling](https://www.rubick.com/tags/scaling/) [#project-management](https://www.rubick.com/tags/project-management/)

[![Achieve autonomy in product engineering with the independent executor model](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/independent.DPd-EKxQ_1KeLIe.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/independent-executor-model/)

### [Achieve autonomy in product engineering with the independent executor model](https://www.rubick.com/independent-executor-model/)

November 6, 2021

[#coordination-models](https://www.rubick.com/tags/coordination-models/) [#coordination-models-team](https://www.rubick.com/tags/coordination-models-team/) [#org-design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/org-design/) [#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#velocity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/velocity/) [#product-engineering](https://www.rubick.com/tags/product-engineering/)

[![Working together is the best -- the guide to happy embedding](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/embed.yZOSYSsD_ZJyTCA.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/embedded-model/)

### [Working together is the best -- the guide to happy embedding](https://www.rubick.com/embedded-model/)

October 27, 2021

[#coordination-models](https://www.rubick.com/tags/coordination-models/) [#coordination-models-team](https://www.rubick.com/tags/coordination-models-team/) [#org-design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/org-design/) [#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#velocity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/velocity/) [#platform-engineering](https://www.rubick.com/tags/platform-engineering/)

[![Should platform teams deprecate or does that cause massive problems?](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/fan.julCTzcv_Z25Vbzh.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/should-platform-teams-deprecate/)

### [Should platform teams deprecate or does that cause massive problems?](https://www.rubick.com/should-platform-teams-deprecate/)

October 7, 2021

[#platform](https://www.rubick.com/tags/platform/) [#communication](https://www.rubick.com/tags/communication/) [#scaling](https://www.rubick.com/tags/scaling/) [#org-design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/org-design/) [#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#velocity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/velocity/) [#platform-engineering](https://www.rubick.com/tags/platform-engineering/)

[![Liaison - the spy you'll love to send to other teams](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/liaison.DoeoS-JY_1DBjjv.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/liaison-model/)

### [Liaison - the spy you'll love to send to other teams](https://www.rubick.com/liaison-model/)

October 6, 2021

[#coordination-models](https://www.rubick.com/tags/coordination-models/) [#coordination-models-team](https://www.rubick.com/tags/coordination-models-team/) [#communication](https://www.rubick.com/tags/communication/) [#information-flow](https://www.rubick.com/tags/information-flow/)

[![Don’t use goal frameworks to manage projects](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/goal.C4nTc8SA_1JLH1x.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/advice-for-using-goal-frameworks/)

### [Don’t use goal frameworks to manage projects](https://www.rubick.com/advice-for-using-goal-frameworks/)

October 4, 2021

[#coordination-models](https://www.rubick.com/tags/coordination-models/) [#coordination-models-centralized](https://www.rubick.com/tags/coordination-models-centralized/) [#okrs](https://www.rubick.com/tags/okrs/) [#goal-setting](https://www.rubick.com/tags/goal-setting/) [#project-management](https://www.rubick.com/tags/project-management/)

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