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Technical debt is inevitable. Fragility is a choice.
Technical debt isn't bad code. It's the organizational residue of moving faster than you can adapt. Debt is inevitable. Fragility is a choice.
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The futile chase for predictability in software development
Software estimation fails because development is inherently complex, not predictable. Stop chasing false certainty through story points, velocity, and hard commitments. Here's the adaptive approach that works.
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60 years later and we've still learned nothing from Drucker
This week I'm reading "The Effective Executive" on vacation and I'm genuinely irritated—not by Drucker's brilliant insights, but by how we're still fighting battles he won in 1966.
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Leadership in Fluid Organizations: From Theory to Practice
You're convinced dual system leadership works. But shifting from command-and-control to context-setting? That's where most transformations fail. Here's the proven implementation playbook.
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Leadership in Fluid Organizations: The Dual System Revolution
Pandemic survivors weren't just lucky—they'd already cracked the code: anyone can lead based on expertise, not hierarchy. Here's how dual system leadership creates leaders at every level.
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Leadership for Shared Consciousness: From Control to Context
Leaders who approve everything kill organizational speed. Ask 'what context is missing?' not 'should we do this?'
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Shared consciousness and breaking the decision bottleneck
Creating shared context throughout your organization enables faster, better decisions without traditional command structures. Here's how to break the bottleneck.
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Leadership without control (Part 2)
From autonomy principles to practice: clear rituals, defined boundaries, and visible metrics create the conditions for teams to own their work and navigate uncertainty with confidence.
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Leadership without control (Part 1)
Most leaders fear that giving teams true autonomy will lead to chaos. They're half right. Autonomy without clarity is chaos. But autonomy with clarity? That's where the magic happens. Your job isn't to prevent disorder, but to create clarity.