Self-organization works if you let it. Jun 3, 2019 2 min read Healthy Ownership How do we create self-organization in teams? I think it is a combination of psychological safety and giving a team healthy guard rails.
More difficult than crayons May 28, 2019 3 min read engineering Software engineering is a creative process. Why do we treat it like manufacturing crayons?
Goodhart's Law is going to get you. May 20, 2019 2 min read Healthy Ownership Setting a metric as a goal is going to make that metric worthless. This is the meaning of Goodhart's law.
Keeping the corporate superorganism alive. May 13, 2019 2 min read Healthy Ownership What is the difference between your organization and a turmeric root?
Avoiding the dumpster fire. May 6, 2019 3 min read Project Management Project failure happens but there are a few ways to avoid its worst consequences.