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Clearer delegation, smoother incidents
A blog post discussing how clearer delegation practices can lead to smoother incident response.
#delegation#incident management#technical leadership#engineering management#SRE
Strategies for Handling Unplanned Work During Sprint
The article explores how agile teams can effectively manage unplanned work that arises during a sprint, offering practical strategies to maintain flow and delivery commitments.
#agile#scrum#unplanned work#sprint planning#engineering management#technical leadership#software development#project management
Engineering Process Is Overvalued
The article argues that engineering processes are often overemphasized and highlights people, capabilities, and team dynamics as the true drivers of successful engineering teams.
#engineering management#technical leadership#process#agile#scrum#team dynamics#hiring#product development#software engineering#leadership
Business Thinking for Tech Executives
A concise guide that helps technology leaders adopt a business mindset to drive strategic outcomes and improve cross-functional collaboration.
#business#tech leadership#engineering management#strategy#executive#decision making
Do junior devs still have a path to senior roles in an AI age?
LeadDev's AI Impact Report 2025 explores the challenges and opportunities for early-career engineers as AI transforms coding, mentorship, and skill development.
#technical leadership#engineering management#hiring#AI#career development#junior developers#senior roles
Measuring team performance isn't getting any easier
Join us to learn why 500 engineering leaders still find measuring team performance a major challenge.
#engineering leadership#team performance#metrics#measurement#software engineering#management
The surprising habits of high velocity engineering teams
Working smarter, not harder, to achieve high velocity.
#engineering leadership#high velocity#team habits#software engineering#technical leadership
How to train your team to say "I was wrong" without drama
Practical rituals to normalize the awkwardness.
leadthroughmistakes.substack.com
#technical leadership#engineering management#team culture#psychological safety#communication
Individuals matter
An essay explaining why treating engineers as interchangeable heads leads to flawed roadmaps, hiring decisions, and attrition, and why recognizing individual contributions is essential for effective technical leadership.
#leadership#engineering management#people#team dynamics#budgeting#attrition#HR#resource allocation
Stop Avoiding Politics
A short article urging technical leaders to engage with organizational politics rather than avoid it.
#leadership#politics#engineering management#technical leadership#communication#organization
Why Over-Engineering Happens
An exploration of the reasons why software teams tend to over-engineer solutions and how to avoid it.
#over-engineering#software architecture#technical leadership#engineering management#software design
Maintenance: Software Isn't Something You Can Be Done With
Software needs maintenance just like your car does. With proper love and attention, it can serve you well for years to come.
#software maintenance#technical leadership#engineering management#devops#legacy systems
Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results
Packed with evidence-based strategies, Atomic Habits will teach you how to make small changes that will transform your habits and deliver amazing results.
#habits#productivity#leadership#self-improvement#behavioral psychology#engineering management
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
A novel that illustrates DevOps principles through the story of an IT manager tasked with rescuing a failing project and delivering business value.
#leadership#engineering management#technical leadership#devops#software engineering#change management
Mind the Gap Model
The Mind the Gap Model identifies three categories of challenges managers face when trying to close the gap between the current state and the desired future state.
#change management#leadership#management#gap analysis#mind the gap model#technical leadership#engineering management
Authority Gradients
Hippos, babbles and gish-gallop.
#leadership#authority#management#engineering#technical leadership
Increase Developer Productivity With Generative AI
Three Toptal engineers share how they use generative AI for software development and offer actionable advice for others.
#developer productivity#generative AI#software engineering#technical leadership#engineering management#AI tools#automation
Clean Code Handbook: Software Craftsmanship
A practical guide that teaches software developers how to write clean, maintainable code and adopt craftsmanship principles.
#clean code#software craftsmanship#technical leadership#engineering management#software development#best practices
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
A novel that illustrates DevOps principles and the importance of leadership, collaboration, and process improvement in modern IT organizations.
#leadership#devops#agile#software development#management
Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
Accelerate explains how technology organizations can improve software delivery performance and drive business outcomes through proven practices and metrics.
#leadership#engineering management#devops#software delivery#performance#lean#agile#technology
Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation
Continuous Delivery provides a comprehensive guide to automating software build, test, and deployment processes to achieve reliable releases.
#continuous delivery#devops#software engineering#technical leadership#engineering management#software releases#automation#agile#lean#book
Resource from amazon.co.uk
A valuable resource discovered from amazon.co.uk. This content provides insights and best practices for technical leadership and engineering management.
#imported#amazon#leadership
Value Flywheel Effect: Accelerate Your Organization
A practical guide that introduces the Value Flywheel concept to help organizations continuously improve and accelerate performance through systematic value creation and delivery.
#leadership#engineering management#technical leadership#organizational development#value flywheel#strategy#continuous improvement
Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology
Team Topologies provides a practical guide to structuring software teams and their interactions to enable fast flow of change and improve delivery outcomes.
#team topologies#software architecture#engineering management#technical leadership#organizational design#devops
Goal: The Process of Ongoing Improvement
A practical guide that teaches how to embed continuous improvement into everyday work, helping technical leaders drive sustainable performance gains.
#leadership#continuous improvement#process management#engineering management#software development
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
A practical guide that introduces domain-driven design principles to help engineers manage complex software projects.
#domain-driven design#software architecture#technical leadership#engineering management#software development#DDD#system design
Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change
A concise guide to the Extreme Programming methodology, teaching how to improve software quality and respond quickly to changing requirements.
#extreme programming#agile#software development#technical leadership#software engineering#management#programming#methodology
Pat Kua on Leadership, Culture and Growth
In this InfoQ podcast episode, Pat Kua discusses how to build strong engineering culture, effective leadership practices, and strategies for growth.
#leadership#culture#growth#engineering management#technical leadership#software development#team building
How to practice privacy without slowing down
Privacy principles can be integrated into lean, fast-moving startups without sacrificing speed, by treating privacy as a core design practice rather than a compliance afterthought.
#privacy#security#startup#engineering management#technical leadership#data protection#compliance
After the layoff: How to support your team when it just got smaller
Leading through a layoff is one of the most challenging things you can do as a manager or HR professional. The article provides practical tips to help your team recover and stay productive.
#leadership#management#layoffs#team support#HR#technical leadership#engineering management
Stories
When and how to tell them
#leadership#communication#storytelling#engineering management#technical leadership
Questionable Advice: Can Engineering Productivity Be Measured?
A brief exploration of whether engineering productivity can be accurately measured, questioning common metrics and advice.
#engineering productivity#metrics#leadership#engineering management#software development#performance measurement
How to Clarify Your Thinking To Solve Leadership Obstacles
A concise guide offering techniques for leaders to clarify their thinking and overcome common leadership obstacles.
#leadership#technical leadership#engineering management#decision making#problem solving#clarity#thinking frameworks
The Missing Guide to Product Strategy
This ebook demystifies product strategy, providing a solid structure, examples, resources, and guidance on making product strategy stick.
#product strategy#leadership#product management#engineering management#technical leadership#strategy#guide
12 Types of Difficult Group Participants (INFOGRAPHIC)
We know how hard it can be to have a challenging person in your groups - whether it's a workshop, webinar or group coaching session. So we created this
thecoachingtoolscompany.com
#leadership#team management#group dynamics#coaching#facilitation#workshops#engineering management#technical leadership
Stop avoiding conflict on your teams
Avoiding conflict is the death knell of organizations that leads to a lack of progress and careers that implode.
#conflict management#leadership#engineering management#team dynamics#feedback#communication
Engineering Enablement at the Financial Times
An article describing how the Financial Times built an engineering enablement function to improve developer productivity and delivery speed.
#engineering management#technical leadership#team enablement#platform engineering#software delivery#DevOps#organizational design
Failureship and Escalations
An article that examines the concept of failureship and offers practical guidance on how technical leaders can improve escalation processes and accountability during incidents.
#leadership#technical leadership#engineering management#incident management#escalations#risk management#IT risk#SRE#postmortem#failureship
In-Depth: The Science On Sustainable Pace, Stress, And Motivation
Scientific insights into the causes of stress and how motivation can buffer it, with five practical ways for technical leaders to reduce stress and sustain team performance.
#leadership#engineering management#agile#productivity#stress management#motivation#sustainable pace
Five quick questions for better strategy
A short article that proposes five practical questions leaders can ask to quickly evaluate and improve their strategic thinking.
#strategy#leadership#engineering management#decision making#technical leadership
Dropbox Engineering Career Framework
A comprehensive framework outlining career progression, roles, and competencies for engineers at Dropbox.
#engineering#leadership#career#framework#technical leadership#engineering management#software development#professional growth
Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition)
Peopleware explores how to create productive software teams by focusing on the human aspects of work, offering practical guidance for managers and leaders.
#leadership#engineering management#software engineering#productivity#team dynamics#agile#peopleware
Elegant Puzzle: Systems Engineering Management
A practical guide that provides a clear framework for engineering leaders to build high-performing teams and make effective technical decisions.
#engineering management#technical leadership#systems engineering#team building#software engineering#career development
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Drive explores the science of motivation, revealing that autonomy, mastery, and purpose are the key drivers of performance and satisfaction.
#leadership#motivation#management#psychology#productivity#engineering#technical leadership
Difficult Conversations: Discuss What Matters Most
A practical guide that teaches you how to navigate tough conversations at work and in life, offering proven techniques to communicate effectively and resolve conflict.
#leadership#communication#management#soft skills#technical leadership#engineering management
The Bowling Alley
The author uses a bowling alley analogy to explain how leaders can create environments where every team member gets the chance to excel.
#leadership#technical leadership#engineering management#team dynamics#coaching#management analogies
Thinking in Systems: A Primer
A clear introduction to systems thinking that helps leaders understand complex problems and improve decision-making.
#systems thinking#technical leadership#engineering management#product development#organizational design
Making Work Visible: Exposing and Optimising Flow
A practical guide that shows how to uncover hidden work, visualise it, and improve flow for knowledge-work teams.
#technical leadership#engineering management#lean#kanban#flow#productivity#software development
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