The Agile Manager

It isn’t whether AI will make developers redundant, productive or distracted; it’s that AI will make code disposable

Deming, Re-read

Tech consulting used to lead with expertise. Now it hides behind expertise.

Consulting is episodic. That works better for consultants than consulting companies.

Tech services firms are aggressively applying AI in delivery. They aren’t ready for the consequences of cannibalizing their business model.

American manufacturers have forgotten Deming's principles. Their software teams never learned them.

We knew what didn’t work in software development a generation ago. They’re still common practices today.

Yes, the future is digital. More importantly, it's asset light.

Industrial firms are struggling with policy change. They can be designed to respond to change.

Bosses at troubled companies say they want growth through innovation. They prefer growth through girth.

It isn’t “return to office.” It’s “malicious destruction of trust.”

For years, tech firms were fighting a war for talent. Now they are waging war on talent.

US automakers are struggling with electrification. They won’t have that luxury bringing autonomy to market.

The yield curve is inverted. Tech's problem is asset price inflation.

I can explain it to you, but I can't comprehend it for you

The era of ultra low interest rates is over. Tech has painful adjustments to make.

Don’t queue for the ski jump if you don’t know how to ski

Patterns of Poor Governance

Governance Without Benefit

Resistance

How Agile Management Self Destructs

Give us autonomy - but first you've gotta tell us what to do

Measured Response

Competency Lost

Shadow Work