In my last post I introduced a practical approach to engineering leadership and the skills required in any engineering organisation. The post must have struck a nerve as it got a lot of reads, especially on Medium in The Startup magazine where I cross-post some of my blog posts. However, I'm sure people have many new questions on the practical side of how this works … [Read more...] about The Perfect Engineering Manager
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A Practical Approach to Engineering Leadership
In my previous post on the new engineering leadership skills needed in a devops world, I called for a more systematic approach to developing leadership capabilities in engineering. But I gave no answers. In this post, I'll share my practical approach to developing leadership capabilities in an engineering organisation. When developing great software, there are some … [Read more...] about A Practical Approach to Engineering Leadership
Wanted: a New Set of Engineering Leadership Skills
A while ago I did a series on how key roles in the engineering organisation changes as a result of introducing devops practices. I covered the software architect, the program manager (at that time I was at Cisco and some of the projects were huge), and the product owner, but left out the engineering manager and the product manager as other priorities called. In this post, I … [Read more...] about Wanted: a New Set of Engineering Leadership Skills
Prejudice is a useful generalisation that has a higher probability of being true than false
People sometimes confuse prejudice and preconception. Both are assumptions you have without having actual experience or evidence that can tell you whether it is true and not. Because prejudice is a negative preconception, there is pressure to leave your prejudices behind because that is "the right thing to do". However, that's entirely the wrong thing to do! Both prejudice and … [Read more...] about Prejudice is a useful generalisation that has a higher probability of being true than false
Stop complaining about women not being in top positions, you miss the point!
When I meet or work with women in top leadership positions who really have accomplished something and who are highly regarded by others, one of my observations has been that the absolutely least interesting about them is that they are women. This holds regardless of whether they are leaders in technical, sales, or more general management. They are remarkable in many other ways … [Read more...] about Stop complaining about women not being in top positions, you miss the point!
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