Leadership Foundations
The Iron Triangle Still Wins
Why software leaders never escape the tradeoff between scope, speed, and quality.
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Writing
Essays about the decisions that shape software organizations.
Thoughts on product leadership, organizational systems, artificial intelligence, and the tradeoffs behind building great software.
Organizational Design
Why More People Often Slow Delivery
A practical explanation of Brooks’s Law for modern software organizations.
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Organizational Design
When SAFe Stops Scaling
How coordination gradually became more expensive than the value it created.
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Product Leadership
The Product Operating Model Actually Works
Why empowered teams outperform feature factories when leaders trust the system.
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Leadership Communication
The Art of Explaining Tradeoffs
Leadership isn’t about finding the perfect answer. It’s about making the tradeoffs clear.
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AI Leadership
When Building Gets Cheap, Choosing Gets Expensive
AI lowers the cost of producing software, making product judgment more valuable.
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AI Leadership
More Code Is Not More Progress
AI can dramatically increase software output without necessarily increasing customer or business value.
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AI Leadership
The Product Manager After the Factory
When feature production becomes abundant, the role of product management moves upstream toward judgment, discovery, and deciding what matters.
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AI Leadership
What Should Humans Still Decide?
As AI takes on more work, leaders must decide which decisions still require human judgment, accountability, and ownership.
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AI Leadership
AI Doesn’t Eliminate Tradeoffs
Artificial intelligence changes how we build software, but not the decisions leaders must make.
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