The Incredible story of the Vasa and the lessons it teaches usOn 10th August, 1628, the Swedish navy launched the maiden voyage of the Vasa .The Vasa was part of the military expansion and an…1d ago1d ago
Speedboats: Sustaining Innovation and EngagementI had written previously about ShipIt!. In a nutshell it isMay 14, 2024May 14, 2024
Pace layers, Platforms and software developmentI have been spending time reading and thinking about Pace Layers which came to my attention by way of the Not Boring newsletter, which…Mar 7, 2024Mar 7, 2024
Harnessing success via the SRCA (Success Root Cause Analysis)Postmortems are great for learning from failures, as shared in Root Cause Analysis — an essential systems skill. Practicing RCA’s are a…Feb 26, 2024Feb 26, 2024
Avoid weasel wordsAccording to Wikipedia, In Japan, weasels (鼬、鼬鼠, itachi) were seen as yōkai (causing strange occurrences). The innocent weasel does not get…Jan 19, 2024Jan 19, 2024
Build a Unit of 1As teams plan deliverables, platform oriented companies often think ‘horizontally’ about deliverables — readouts often go like thisJan 15, 2024Jan 15, 2024
Do not confuse Input & Output metrics in your OKRsAt Velocity Global, we practice quarterly planning as a way of chunking work into manageable segments with tangible outcomes. A quarter is…Dec 25, 2023Dec 25, 2023
Speeding Up Software Development with ChatGPT 4.0: A Case Study on Building a Slack AppI don’t write code regularly any longer. As is always the case, lack of practice always results in attrition of skills. So much has changed…Jun 19, 2023Jun 19, 2023
Anatomy of an RCAMy previous post covered the why of an RCA. It often surprises me that translating the ‘why’ into the ‘how’ is often a challenge for teams…Mar 12, 2023Mar 12, 2023
