The Chapman Principle : Remove Until It Works
Some designs succeed by adding power. Others succeed by removing everything that obstructs the goal.
Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus
The Makarov Playbook for Leaders Who Ship
Whenever my Head of Engineering and I interview candidates, we begin with a simple yet revealing question: What is the
Focusing on Technology Over Outcomes Hurts Your Team
The Common Pitfall
Many engineering leaders, especially those who were engineers themselves, default to making decisions based on technology rather
Organisational Stockholm Syndrome: Loyalty to Dysfunction
In some organisations, employees and leaders cling to broken systems, processes, or leadership styles, not because these do work, but because they have adapted to survive within them
The Rise of Fragility: When Trust Becomes a Shield for Insecurity
Fragility often manifests in two recurring patterns within companies struggling to grow:
* Straw man arguments – For example, claims such as
The Cargo Cult of Modern Teams & Companies: When Belief Replaces Reality
In the mid-20th century, anthropologists studying Pacific island cultures encountered a phenomenon that would later be known as the cargo
