How to think about span of control July 6, 2026#ai#architecture#complexity#org-design#platform-engineering#scaling
How to develop a sixth sense for the long-term March 21, 2025#product-management#scaling#complexity#leadership
Organizational work and the second job July 9, 2024#company-culture#diversity-equity-and-inclusion#scaling#complexity#goal-setting#process
Managing a bottleneck team June 2, 2024#platform-engineering#delivery#scaling#architecture#org-design
The danger of fan out work May 30, 2024#platform-engineering#delivery#scaling#complexity#architecture
Tactical advice for building effective eng teams, anti-patterns to avoid (Snack bites podcast) August 9, 2023#podcast#scaling#roles#delivery#velocity
A detailed look at FaST agile -- a practice well worth your time June 22, 2023#scaling#complexity#roles#org-design#delivery#agile#dzone-featured
How an executive advisor can help you grow faster and navigate unfamiliar terrain April 4, 2023#scaling#company-culture#mentorship#leadership#interviewing#consulting#self-promotion#dzone-featured
Solving cross-team priorities with a Product Council - an experience report March 4, 2023#scaling#information-flow#prioritization#goal-setting#product-management#complexity#communication#coordination-models#coordination-models-centralized
Advice for new directors February 20, 2023#scaling#information-flow#onboarding#mentorship#leadership#roles#dzone-featured#popular
Your process should be open source February 18, 2023#company-culture#scaling#information-flow#onboarding#remote-work#process#engineering-handbook#dzone-featured
Why are process gates the hellish spawn of evil you should avoid at all cost? September 26, 2022#delivery#scaling#change-management#design#velocity#complexity#hacker-news#dzone-featured
How security, reliability, and design teams can get other teams to do work for them -- the Objective Expert Model January 21, 2022#prioritization#coordination-models#coordination-models-team#org-design#scaling#platform-engineering#design
Engineering manager vs. tech lead -- which is better? November 17, 2021#org-design#delivery#velocity#scaling#project-management
Should platform teams deprecate or does that cause massive problems? October 7, 2021#platform#communication#scaling#org-design#delivery#velocity#platform-engineering
No-bullshit tenets for faster decision-making September 17, 2021#scaling#communication#coordination-models#coordination-models-centralized#hacker-news
Coordination models - tools for getting groups to work well together September 11, 2021#scaling#communication#org-design#information-flow#coordination-models
How to build silos and decrease collaboration (on purpose) August 25, 2021#scaling#communication#company-culture#org-design#information-flow#hacker-news
Bundled hiring to double the effectiveness of your hiring process August 5, 2021#hiring#diversity-equity-and-inclusion#scaling
Write compelling and unbiased job descriptions July 26, 2021#hiring#recruiting#diversity-equity-and-inclusion#scaling#pay-equity
Rethink your hiring strategy to stand out and delight the best candidates July 19, 2021#hiring#recruiting#diversity-equity-and-inclusion#scaling#pay-equity
Your hiring process is too slow -- speed it up with these five tips July 19, 2021#hiring#diversity-equity-and-inclusion#scaling#pay-equity
Wonderful hiring practices that for some reason aren't more common July 16, 2021#hiring#recruiting#diversity-equity-and-inclusion#scaling#pay-equity
How to refactor meetings as they grow with the rule of eight April 30, 2021#communication#org-design#meetings#scaling
Why is engineering slowing down? How leaders can create happy teams and good results in chaos September 24, 2020#delivery#company-culture#complexity#agile#scaling
