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Sep
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[Book][6.3]Practical Ways to Protect and Sustain Curiosity Inside Organisations
6 min read
continuous improvement
09
Sep
An Ode to Anti-Heroes
"We do not need more heroes. We need systems that work even when no one is watching."
3 min read
08
Sep
The Cost of Misaligned Ownership
A familiar scenario plays out across many technology organisations: Product defines what, Engineering struggles with how, Business demands why. Everyone
4 min read
05
Sep
Platform 2.0: Predictability as the Battle Horse
In Platform 2.0, predictability becomes the battle horse, because it directly connects platform efficacy to stakeholder efficiency. A new composite measure captures it.
3 min read
01
Sep
The Enemy Within
The gravest harm often does not come from outside enemies but from within the very systems meant to protect us
3 min read
29
Aug
TTM Is a Trap: Why Predictability Matters More Than Speed in Platform Work
Platform teams often celebrate Time to Market Acceleration (TTMA) as a clear indicator of success. "We cut delivery times in half" sounds compelling. And I admit, I have fallen into this trap myself. But this measurement hides a dangerous assumption.
4 min read
26
Aug
It Takes Two to Platformise
Platformisation is often misunderstood. Some see it as the platform team serving product teams. Others reduce it to shared backlogs, dependency management, or centralised prioritisation. These misconceptions miss the point.
4 min read
25
Aug
Engineering in Title, Not in Heart: Why IT Keeps Falling for Shortcuts
In today’s technology world, the word engineer often appears as a title, but rarely as a lived discipline. Software engineers, DevOps engineers, data engineers, all these labels abound, yet the true essence of engineering often remains absent.
3 min read
18
Aug
The Great Unmaking: How Ownership Evasion Kills Engineering Leverage
Most engineering dysfunctions originate outside of engineering. They emerge when structure becomes performative, when incentives drift, and when leadership refuses to make hard calls about ownership.
5 min read
14
Aug
You Cannot Outsource Accountability
In many organisations, teams describe dependencies in ways that shift responsibility elsewhere.
4 min read