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Excellence

30
Apr
Law #1 - If It Is Not Used, It Does Not Exist

Law #1 - If It Is Not Used, It Does Not Exist

Many organisations equate delivery with value creation. Features get shipped, tickets closed, and roadmaps executed. Progress then appears in reports and dashboards, which encourages a sense of momentum. Yet none of this proves that value exists.
5 min read
29
Apr
Engineering Withdraws. Companies Follow.

Engineering Withdraws. Companies Follow.

Companies do not collapse because they fail once. They collapse because the people inside stop enforcing standards.
5 min read
28
Apr
Manufrance or When Theatre Replaces Reality

Manufrance or When Theatre Replaces Reality

Some systems do not collapse. They get preserved until they become irrelevant. Manufrance did not collapse when it was dismantled. By then, it had already been dead for years.
7 min read
27
Apr
Monday Myth: Misalignment Is the Lie We Tell Ourselves

Monday Myth: Misalignment Is the Lie We Tell Ourselves

Misalignment has become one of those words that sound intelligent while hiding the problem. The term sounds reasonable, almost technical, something solvable with better communication, a few workshops, or another layer of coordination. In most cases, that reading misses the point.
5 min read
25
Apr
Friday Fun: How to Break Hiring Without Noticing

Friday Fun: How to Break Hiring Without Noticing

Nobody sets out to build a broken hiring system. If you recognise what follows, you are not observing the system from the outside. You are part of it.
5 min read
23
Apr
Engineers Are Not Slow. Your System Is Lying to You.

Engineers Are Not Slow. Your System Is Lying to You.

Most organisations do not suffer from slow engineering. They suffer from systems that delay decisions, fragment ownership, and hide reality behind reassuring signals.
4 min read
22
Apr
When Standards Decay, Systems Fail

When Standards Decay, Systems Fail

We did not democratise engineering. We diluted it. Standards did not disappear by accident. We replaced them. With noise, layers, and the illusion of competence. And now we are surprised the system no longer holds.
6 min read
21
Apr
The Organisation Is Not Slow. It Is Full.

The Organisation Is Not Slow. It Is Full.

There is a point in the life of every company where nothing is visibly broken, yet everything slows down.
4 min read
20
Apr
Monday Myth: Platform Teams Need Product Managers

Monday Myth: Platform Teams Need Product Managers

Most platform teams do not reach for product managers out of strategic clarity. They do so under pressure. Requests accumulate, priorities blur, and engineers operate reactively. Leadership inserts a layer to restore order.
6 min read
17
Apr
Faster Into Irrelevance

Faster Into Irrelevance

~90% of startups fail (CB Insights; Startup Genome). ~70% of transformations fail (McKinsey; BCG reports similar ranges). ~35–45% of features never get used (Standish Group; Pendo; Productboard). A large share of scale-ups stall after initial traction (ScaleUp Institute; OECD).
4 min read