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Nov
24

🥝 Shadow Structures, OKRs as GPS, Culture and Uncertainty, Data Models, Delivery vs Architecture First, Charlie Munger's Inversion: TMW #458

What are the Shadow Structures in your organisation?
7 min read
Nov
17

🫐 Invisible Guns, Crafting Technical Strategy, Stakeholders, Team Temperatures, Better Retros, Flipping Burnout: TMW #457

It's conference time! Fintech CTOs - join us in London
7 min read
Nov
10

🔭 Decision Stack, Fallible Systems, OWASP Updated, High Agency, Team Identities, Gossip, Enabling Constraints: TMW #456

Navigating mental health and business flow?
7 min read
Nov
03

🥯 Team Autonomy, Tech vs Architecture Debt, Negotiating Upwards, Employee Retention, Story Mapping: TMW #455

Legacy systems - what a CFO wants to hear...
7 min read
Oct
27

🍣 Listening Properly, Strategic Prioritisation, Bureaucracy, Code Reviews, Tired High Performers, Tiny Teams, Tech Debt, Infinite Work: TMW #454

Are you a micromanager? Don't panic...
8 min read
Oct
20

🦇 Poor Decisions, Empowerment, Krakens, RTO, Developer Flow, Pair Planning, DevEx, Burnout vs "Just Ship It": TMW #453

Guess what! Great leaders coach their teams...
8 min read
Oct
13

🍓 Distracting Engineers, Stakeholder Management, Canyoning, Docs as Code, Agile vs Architecture, You're Crazy: TMW #452

Free online mini-conference this week - details inside
7 min read
Oct
06

🦙 AI vs Productivity, State of the Union, Beautiful Constraints, Workshops, Strategic DDD, Hard Prioritisation: TMW #451

Do you use OKRs as metrics for individual performance management?
6 min read
Sep
29

🐫 DORA, Ambiguity, Time Thieves, Human Skills, Conflict, Motivation, Bad Thrashing, Team Sizes: TMW #450

Do you use OKRs as metrics for individual performance management?
8 min read
Sep
22

🍂 High Agency, Repair Skills, Inversion, Scaling Culture, Feature Flags, Perfect Roadmaps, Hero Culture: TMW #449

Fintech at Full Speed: What CTOs Need to Know Now
8 min read