[Excerpt]The Quiet Excellence of Invisible Work

Many platform teams believe they are delivering value because their tools make development faster. But faster is not always better. In fact, when direction is lacking, speed amplifies failure. This article proposes a shift from tracking ROI to measuring economic leverage.

Ah, the Godwin point of IT: 'Did you write this yourself, or did ChatGPT help?'

Too many organisations aspire to agility, autonomy, or platform leverage, but cannot clearly explain the state they are in. They want speed without structure, autonomy without clarity, leverage without constraint. This is wishful thinking.