What is succession planning? By Rob Lambert
Succession planning is very simple, yet so few managers do it. Maybe it’s because well-intentioned HR leaders, managers and consulting companies have made it sound […]
The Origin of Innovation By Aviv Ben-Yosef
When I talk about the concept of making innovation origin habitual in R&D organisations, many tech executives recoil at first. It might sound daunting or […]
What should Engineering Managers do? By Francisco Trindade
While I don’t want to dissect all that has been said on it (read it, it’s excellent), I want to go deeper in one topic […]
Understanding different types of domain By Nick Tune
In business, technology and general, the word “domain” appears frequently and with many different meanings in various contexts. This gets tricky at times when collaborating […]
The Problems with Employee Engagement Surveys By Rob Lambert
The problems with Employee Engagement Surveys; Employee Engagement surveys and initiatives are everywhere. It’s almost become a corporate mandate to have an Engagement initiative. In […]
Cyber Security: the message that never makes it up to the board By Jean-Christophe Gaillard
Cyber security was never a purely technical problem; it is not a leadership imperative in many firms For the past 20 years, cyber security – […]
How to spot systemic problems in your organisation By Rob Lambert
Systemic problems – Round and round we go – solving the same problems again, fixing the same issues, bringing in new people who get the […]
How is it going? – Reporting up as an Engineering Leader By Francisco Trindade
While I have been in technology and management for a while, for a series of different reasons, I hadn’t reported directly to someone until recently. […]
Slack Case Study: With YoY growth up 800%, Slack helps LetsGetChecked collaborate at scale By Slack
‘I could see the immediate value of Slack, and it’s become even more important as we’ve scaled. It’s where we bring everyone to the table […]
Slack Case Study: Auto Trader ships code and resolves incidents in record time By Slack
“Slack has enabled us to become more connected. Collaboration is seamless, so it’s much easier to keep in touch despite the fact our schedules don’t […]
Enterprise Architecture in a Product-Oriented DevOps World By Nick Tune
Enterprise Architecture (EA) is hugely important for medium and large organisations. Enterprise Architects take a broad look at an organisation, and are experts in aligning […]
Organising Large Miro Boards For Remote Workshops By Nick Tune
Back in the summer I shared some of the techniques I’d been using to reimagine my in-person architecture workshops as remote digital offerings with Miro. I’ve […]