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Thoughts on engineering leadership, conversational AI, team building, and the lessons I carry from commanding a warship to commanding an engineering organisation.
At some point in our adult life we started believing that if we bring a ton of rational arguments to the table then the other side will sympathize with us. The "rational arguments" strategy couldn't be more wrong
Living with no personal cause or high aspirations is a path some people choose to follow and this is perfectly fine if they are ok with it. So why do we feel as if we need to fix them?
No-one wants a bad customer but the reality is there are tons of them out there and that's a fact. The thing is how we can benefit from such toxic relationships, what can we learn from them and how can we use them to achieve our own goals eventually
Experiments help us try new things, master new skills, shape ourselves and grow eventually
Transparency is the holy grail of humans relationships nowadays and demands great effort from both sides to be accomplished
Sometimes we ignore that Agile is a mindset and a culture and not the 10 Commandments of Moses
Managers should give the appropriate room for people to grow, so they can learn from their own mistakes in an empirical way
Tech world runs with the speed of light at the moment, on the flip side depression rates are skyrocketing
At last I put my sh*t together and managed to launch the "Tech Leadership Podcast". Hope it will be fun for you too!!
A high velocity team is all about the people this very team consists of
Working for a bigger cause that makes us smile when getting up from bed on a daily basis is an amazing feeling. If you don't belong in this group then probably it is about time to make some changes for your own good.
What is the key ingredient for a brand new company?