How software organisations actually deliver: team-of-teams structure, flow economics, cost of delay, and the constraints that decide throughput. Reading the system, not blaming the team.

Theory X vs Theory Y

Chapter 18 of Come Prepared to Die. Your values slide says you trust your engineers; your approval process needs four signatures over $500. Your team is reading the signatures.

2026-08-21T10:26:41+12:00August 17th, 2026|0 Comments

Attached to outcome vs attached to inquiry

Chapter 10 of Come Prepared to Die. You defended a decision after it failed. But the decision was a hypothesis, and a hypothesis that fails is data. What you ultimately defended wasn't the decision, it was your identity. Reading the result and protecting yourself are two different jobs, and the second one eats the first.

2026-08-15T12:20:20+12:00July 21st, 2026|0 Comments
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