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

Engineering Leadership

# Build humane, effective engineering organizations

I help leaders troubleshoot and scale their engineering and product — advising, coaching, and interim leadership.

[Work with me](https://www.rubick.com/about/) [Read the blog](https://www.rubick.com/posts/)

![Jade Rubick](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/avatar-large.B2YIEn8a_2ihI8j.webp)

![Charity Majors, CTO of honeycomb.io, on LinkedIn: “Jade Rubick is one of the only people whose writings on engineering organization and management I read obsessively and await eagerly. His stuff is never simplistic or unusably abstract. He deserves a bigger audience, imho.”](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/charity.ippfuPMG_21JDgq.webp)

## Recent posts

[![The ratchet](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/ratchet.DsRmQY9m_1WDV2v.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/the-ratchet/)

### [The ratchet](https://www.rubick.com/the-ratchet/)

September 28, 2026

[#change-management](https://www.rubick.com/tags/change-management/)

[![The trendy leadership trend that is trending](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/trend.BX1Cle1i_11XgB0.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/trend-test/)

### [The trendy leadership trend that is trending](https://www.rubick.com/trend-test/)

September 3, 2026

[#goal-setting](https://www.rubick.com/tags/goal-setting/) [#leadership](https://www.rubick.com/tags/leadership/)

[![The executive loop](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/pottery.DMuad_Jb_e6Cg8.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/the-executive-loop/)

### [The executive loop](https://www.rubick.com/the-executive-loop/)

August 27, 2026

[#change-management](https://www.rubick.com/tags/change-management/) [#goal-setting](https://www.rubick.com/tags/goal-setting/) [#leadership](https://www.rubick.com/tags/leadership/) [#prioritization](https://www.rubick.com/tags/prioritization/)

[![Yes you can measure engineering velocity (and AI impact)](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/numbers.qDZq7vYJ_Z23xHeT.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/valuesum-metric/)

### [Yes you can measure engineering velocity (and AI impact)](https://www.rubick.com/valuesum-metric/)

August 2, 2026

[#ai](https://www.rubick.com/tags/ai/) [#metrics](https://www.rubick.com/tags/metrics/) [#prioritization](https://www.rubick.com/tags/prioritization/)

[![How to think about span of control](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/span.CUCI9WNT_2kUBkQ.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/span-of-control/)

### [How to think about span of control](https://www.rubick.com/span-of-control/)

July 6, 2026

[#ai](https://www.rubick.com/tags/ai/) [#architecture](https://www.rubick.com/tags/architecture/) [#complexity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/complexity/) [#org-design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/org-design/) [#platform-engineering](https://www.rubick.com/tags/platform-engineering/) [#scaling](https://www.rubick.com/tags/scaling/)

[![Written culture is higher leverage](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/written.CQKmk4Im_Z2orH1S.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/written-culture/)

### [Written culture is higher leverage](https://www.rubick.com/written-culture/)

May 18, 2026

[#communication](https://www.rubick.com/tags/communication/) [#company-culture](https://www.rubick.com/tags/company-culture/) [#engineering-handbook](https://www.rubick.com/tags/engineering-handbook/) [#ai](https://www.rubick.com/tags/ai/)

[![How to reason about reliability risk](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/risk-matrix.G2cWYpSn_NahaM.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/risk-matrix/)

### [How to reason about reliability risk](https://www.rubick.com/risk-matrix/)

April 20, 2026

[#complexity](https://www.rubick.com/tags/complexity/) [#prioritization](https://www.rubick.com/tags/prioritization/) [#reliability](https://www.rubick.com/tags/reliability/)

[![Should QA exist](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/landscape.CfcXaY8R_1419L.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/should-qa-exist/)

### [Should QA exist](https://www.rubick.com/should-qa-exist/)

March 26, 2026

[#delivery](https://www.rubick.com/tags/delivery/) [#org-design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/org-design/) [#quality](https://www.rubick.com/tags/quality/) [#ai](https://www.rubick.com/tags/ai/) [#hacker-news](https://www.rubick.com/tags/hacker-news/)

[![Adding innovation labs](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/labs.BmCflEYk_1v200N.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/innovation-labs/)

### [Adding innovation labs](https://www.rubick.com/innovation-labs/)

March 13, 2026

[#org-design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/org-design/) [#product-management](https://www.rubick.com/tags/product-management/) [#innovation](https://www.rubick.com/tags/innovation/)

[![First agree on the tradeoffs](https://www.rubick.com/_astro/choice.CGusqbGU_Z2t20rp.webp)](https://www.rubick.com/tradeoffs-first/)

### [First agree on the tradeoffs](https://www.rubick.com/tradeoffs-first/)

January 19, 2026

[#communication](https://www.rubick.com/tags/communication/) [#design](https://www.rubick.com/tags/design/) [#architecture](https://www.rubick.com/tags/architecture/)

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