Skill Stacking for Engineers: The Real 10x Multiplier
Stack complementary strengths instead of chasing raw speed. Skill stacking for engineers multiplies outcomes by layering tech skill with communication, product judgment, context, and mentoring.
How to Design AI-Human Workflows: Guardrails for Reliable, Auditable Collaboration
Design judgment-centered AI-human workflows that add constraints and friction, delegate by intelligence type, and review reasoning so outputs are reliable and auditable.
How to Prioritize Engineering Work with a Calm, Multi-Horizon Cadence
Stop chasing an endless backlog by choosing what matters across daily, weekly, and quarterly horizons. Learn how to prioritize engineering work, triage clearly, and communicate calm, transparent rationale.
Manage AI Adoption in Teams by Coaching Habits, Not Adding Tools
AI delivers consistent gains when managers coach disciplined team habits—prompting, context, validation, guardrails, and reflection. Learn how to manage AI adoption in teams with a simple, repeatable cadence.
Make Retrospectives Actionable: Turn Reflection into Owned, Scheduled Work
Learn how to make retrospectives actionable by converting insights into one owned, scheduled, workflow-embedded change each sprint. Fewer, accountable commitments drive real improvement.
Fear-Setting for Risky Decisions: From Uncertainty to Action
Structured fear-setting turns vague anxiety into specific scenarios, mitigations, and upside vs inaction—helping engineering teams make deliberate, aligned decisions.
Define Success Criteria Before Coding: Five Agreements for Predictable Delivery
Pre-build alignment on measurable success, explicit tradeoffs, timelines, and sign-off to avoid delivery-day surprises and ship with confidence.
When the Room Goes Quiet: Storytelling for Technical Demos
Most demos fail because they start with features, not the audience’s pain. This guide shows how to use storytelling for technical demos to frame transformation, quantify impact, and drive a clear next step.
Storytelling to Align Engineering Teams: From Technical Goals to Collective Action
Lead technical change with a narrative that makes the vision vivid, pain real, ownership meaningful, and wins visible—so engineering teams align and ship.
Drive Decisions with Data Storytelling: The Playbook Engineers Need
Numbers don’t move teams—decisions do. Learn how to drive decisions with data storytelling by framing impact, contrast, concreteness, and a clear next step.