Avoiding the Culture Trap
Last week, I was sharing some thoughts with a colleague about building diverse teams. I figured I should spend some time trying to better articulate my ideas. Throughout my engineering career, I've been
Leadership
Two Stories About Transitioning to Engineering Management
I recently published 2 new stories about Engineering Leadership on Plato. These stories cover different challenges I had to overcome as an Engineering Manager. In the first article, When Words Bear More Weight
Nurturing a System Mindset
What is a system mindset, and why is it important? We often talk about analyzing failures (or outcome), but we should instead focus on the decision process.
Leaders Should Speak Last
Let your team members go first. Give everyone a chance to share their opinion. Then, when everybody else had a chance to speak up, you — as a leader — should speak and share your opinion.