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Feb
Hero Culture Is a Design Smell

Hero Culture Is a Design Smell

Hero culture is often celebrated as a sign of commitment, resilience, or exceptional talent. Stories of individuals saving the day under pressure circulate proudly inside organisations. Leaders praise dedication. Teams admire sacrifice. Yet hero culture is rarely a virtue. It is a design smell.
3 min read
02
Feb
Monday Myth: You Must Build Everything Yourself

Monday Myth: You Must Build Everything Yourself

There is a persistent myth in software organisations that real engineering means building everything in‑house. Infrastructure, authentication, payments, analytics, experimentation frameworks, internal tools, if it exists, some teams believe they should own it.
4 min read
01
Feb
Friday Reality Check: What Actually Runs Your Organisation

Friday Reality Check: What Actually Runs Your Organisation

Most IT organisations believe strategy runs the company. In practice, behaviour under pressure does.
2 min read
28
Jan
Good Intent Is Not a Delivery Mechanism

Good Intent Is Not a Delivery Mechanism

All organisations are full of good intent. Most failures do not start with negligence or apathy. They start with people trying to do the right thing. Leaders care. Teams want to deliver. Strategies are crafted with conviction. Language is precise. Purpose sounds clear.
4 min read
27
Jan
The Network Is the Computer (Again)

The Network Is the Computer (Again)

For years, the idea sounded like a slogan from another era. The network is the computer belonged to Sun Microsystems, to ARPANET diagrams, to a time when distributed systems still felt experimental. Then cloud platforms arrived, centralisation won, and the industry quietly moved on.
6 min read
26
Jan
Monday Myth: Strong Leaders Have Answers

Monday Myth: Strong Leaders Have Answers

There is a deeply ingrained belief in organisations that strong leaders are the ones who always know what to do. And that is where the damage begins.
3 min read
21
Jan
Before Asking for More People, Change How You Deliver

Before Asking for More People, Change How You Deliver

Delivery slows. Pressure rises. Roadmaps slip. And the conclusion forms almost immediately: we need more people. From a product perspective, this feels rational. More scope appears, more stakeholders lean in, and timelines refuse to move. Headcount looks like the only remaining lever.
5 min read
20
Jan
Incremental Delivery Is Not a Process Choice. It Is a Discipline Choice.

Incremental Delivery Is Not a Process Choice. It Is a Discipline Choice.

Incremental delivery is not a process choice. It is a discipline choice. If something cannot run in production, it does not qualify as a delivery. Each increment must change behaviour, be measurable, and live in production. Anything else is activity, not value.
3 min read
19
Jan
Monday Myth: Team Autonomy Means Teams Can Do Whatever They Want

Monday Myth: Team Autonomy Means Teams Can Do Whatever They Want

Team autonomy has become one of the most abused ideas in modern technology organisations. What was originally meant to increase focus, speed, and ownership is now frequently used to justify weak standards, deferred quality, and blurred accountability.
5 min read
15
Jan
Reality Is Not Optional: What AI Hype Forgets

Reality Is Not Optional: What AI Hype Forgets

The current obsession with autonomous AI agents, “vibe coding”, and team replacement narratives is not a technological breakthrough. It is a symptom of a deeper disconnection from reality.
5 min read