Every tech organization faces challenges as it grows. What starts as a speedy team delivering features quickly can gradually transform into something that feels slow, opaque, and frustrating. This is normal to a certain extent – and also not dangerous when it is recognized and tackled by the responsible tech-leaders in a timely manner. The […]
People working in big companies are often discussing the merits of startups. It appears, in startups everything is easier, quicker and the employees (and therefore also the companies) are getting more done. Is it the long working hours? Lack of legacy products that need supporting? Or better employee motivation in general? Having worked at a
I am always enjoying watching the video above. It was first shared with me by Ron Meyer at a leadership-training I attended. It contains a couple of remarkable findings about leadership nicely explained by the narrator in the video, among them: And last but not least my own personal lesson from this video: signs of
I am currently reading a book called Skunk Works by Ben Rich. It is about the inner workings of the famous Lockheed engineering site that built some of the most stunning aircraft of the 20th century, among them the SR-71 Blackbird and the first Stealth Fighter. I am not through, yet – but can already