Happy Friday,In a perfect world, things work out the way we wish they did. You might know someone who has a life like that. Unfortunately, most of us aren't that person, and things don't go the way we want.We get some choices when things go poorly. O...
Happy Friday,Yesterday I hosted the webinar, "Lies Our Engineering Metrics Tell Us."You can watch the replay of it here.You may have noticed that it's a new YouTube channel. I created it today to slowly move my leadership/technical content there to g...
Happy Friday,I don't want to be an AI influencer or anything like that, but ignoring its impact would be ridiculous.I want to share some ideas I had that are untested about how you might put AI agents to work in larger code bases.If you'd like to pil...
Happy Friday,Today's topic is about signals. Also bees. This week has been all about bees for me, so why not wrap it up by including it in my newsletter?Signals are a pretty simple concept in that they act as a useful indicator that forces action. Tr...
Happy Friday!I finally got around to posting my beekeeping video, so if you want, you can take a look at that at the bottom of the newsletter.I've been thinking a lot about metrics and measures as I prepare for my upcoming webinar and private worksho...
Happy Friday,One thing I've found myself using AI for regularly is to ask it, "What ideas haven't we considered?" or "What would be something new to try?" AI read through my articles, newsletters, notes, and other things and suggested I offer worksho...
Happy Monday!A Monday newsletter? Crazy. I write my newsletters fresh the day I send them. None of that pre-packaged stuff for you all.My normal Friday routine was replaced with playing my first ever 18 holes of golf, followed by a very short trip to...
Happy Friday!I have a question at the end of this email that I'd really love your answer to.Beekeeping season has started, but I can't find my harness to attach my camera for videos, so until I find that, there won't be any new videos about that. If...
Happy Friday!I've started applying to podcasts to speak at. If you know of any that focus on engineering leadership, I'd love to know what your favorites are. Similarly, if there are newsletters you subscribe to, let me know.One of the topics I'm pit...
Happy Friday!At the bottom of this little email, I have a YouTube short of my bees collecting pollen from earlier this week.Let's talk about everyone's favorite subject that absolutely doesn't induce eye-rolling or fatigue: Transformation.Transformat...