Posts tagged with Management
Review: Ask Iwata
Ask Iwata is a fairly unique biography, as far as biographies go. Satoru Iwata was the beloved Global President of Nintendo Corporation Limited. It's a posthumous memoir, but one written based not on lengthy engagements with professional journalists—…
Beyond Servant Leadership
I've never liked the term "servant leadership." As I eased into my engineering director role, one of my main responsibilities was conducting interviews for a wide breadth of engineering and engineering-adjacent roles. With engineers, the…
The Staff Meeting Ritual
Ah, the dreaded staff meeting. Chances are, if you work for a company of a certain size, you'll have been pulled into a staff meeting at some point. I'm not talking so much about the scrum…
Founder Mode Rationalization
It's been some months since Paul Graham published his essay on "Founder Mode": the idea that there are times when founders should exercise their authority to orient a company's direction, and, for the lack…
Feedback Void
There is a certain allure to someone who marches to the beat of their own drum. Framed negatively, it's stubbornness or a refusal to heed the warning of others; positively, it's harboring deep conviction and blazing…
Review: Executive Engineering
A quick disclaimer: Jack Danger, the author of Executive Engineering , is a friend and former colleague. We worked together as fellow engineers and engineering managers at Square, and our paths have crossed serendipitously in subsequent years as we travel in…
