When AI Agents Do the Work of Teams, Who Owns the Outcomes?
8 min read AI agents may eventually allow just a few people to accomplish what once required entire teams, including…
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I began writing regularly in December 2021, sharing experiences, observations, and lessons from building and leading technology organizations. What started with reflections on leadership, team dynamics, and engineering performance has grown into a broader exploration of organizational change, Product–Engineering alignment, flow, emerging technologies, and the human side of building great teams.
My writing draws on real-world experience, ongoing learning, and conversations with others. Some ideas come from what worked, others from what didn’t, and many from questions I’m still exploring. There’s always something worth rethinking.
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Are We Repeating Our Leadership Mistakes at AI Speed?
10 min read We’re learning extraordinary new ways to build software and run organizations. Having lived through several major transformations,…
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Start With Responsibilities. Then Design the Roles.
3 min read When discussing organization design, I tend to start with a simple question: what responsibilities must be covered…
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Outcome Engineering: Closing the Loop on Business Value
Using existing work management tools to connect anticipated outcomes, delivery performance, and actual results. 10 min read Nearly every conversation…
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Predictability vs. Outcomes: What Are We Actually Predicting?
5 min read We’ve invested considerable effort in improving the predictability of software delivery, but are we applying the same…
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The Art of the Possible
An autobiographical reflection on software, leadership, and why I’m more excited about what comes next. 11 min read Three things…
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Software Delivery Confidence: How to Build Trust in Commitments
A practical way to understand commitments, forecasting, capacity, communication, and software delivery performance 11 min read Software delivery lives in…
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Yet Another Leadership Article
Because decades later, too many managers are still left to figure it out on their own. 10 min read A…
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Fast Flow Happens When Friction Fades
8 min read I’ve spent a lot of time talking about outcomes and Realization. That is intentional. Technology organizations ultimately…
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Start With the Outcome, Then Work Backward
3 min read From Flow to Realization – Part 3 of 3 Outcomes are becoming a much bigger part of…
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Why We Keep Trying: The Art of the Possible in Digital Delivery
3 min read From Flow to Realization – Part 2 of 3 This week, across two group video conversations with…
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Eight Widgets Instead of Five. Did We Actually Get Better?
3 min read From Flow to Realization – Part 1 of 3 Outcomes seem to be getting much more attention…
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AI Graph Engineering Looks Familiar for a Reason
12 min read This morning I came across two different discussions about “graph engineering,” a term that seems to have…
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AI Is Changing Management, Not Reinventing It
6 min read Artificial intelligence is prompting a new wave of predictions about software organizations. AI may reduce the need…
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The Real Intellectual Property of Modern Software
A follow-up to “The AI Didn’t Sign Your IP Agreement” 6 min read DX’s Q2 2026 State of AI Impact…
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