Tag: Organisation
Complex characters
Dealing with difficult individuals is one of the most challenging and draining aspects of leadership. It is not the occasional disagreement or personality clash that concerns me, but the persistent behaviours that, if left unaddressed, begin to shape the culture in ways…
Difficult discussions
One of the hardest parts of leading any organisation isn’t the strategy, the OKRs, or the architecture decisions. It’s the conversations. The tough ones. The ones where you’re delivering bad news, addressing underperformance, or making a call that impacts…
Skip-levels
Skip-levels are one of the most effective ways to truly understand the health of an organisation, yet they are often treated as an afterthought or run as a one-off exercise. At scale, when you are several layers removed from the delivery teams, these conversations become a vital mechanism…
Predictability vs estimations
In many engineering organisations, especially those undergoing agile or delivery transformations, teams still default to traditional metrics like story points, time estimates, or velocity. These methods, often rooted in well-intentioned planning…