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Occasional thoughts and ideas about intentional organization, our book, coaching, and more.
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5 November 2026
Your Impatience Is Not Their Urgency
CEOs demand faster and faster development cycles as more engineering teams adopt AI to ship code. Impatience sets in as some pick up the proverbial hammer and ship their own code. That’s not a new development, though. The gap between engineering and the business has always been there, engineering complexity oftentimes misunderstood. Executives picking up the tools and shipping their own code only seems to exacerbate this impatience disguised as urgency. But your impatience is not your team's urgency.
28 October 2026
Our Audiobook Is Here
Our audiobook is now available, narrated in our own voices. We share stories from recording it together in Montreal, what reading our book aloud taught us, and a word that captures our partnership: Weggefährte, a companion on the journey.
22 October 2026
The Lost Art of Asking for Help
Asking for help is a moment of connection. When we automate the follow-up, we risk losing the care and attention that make someone want to help in the first place. Here’s how to make a thoughtful ask and keep the human moment human.
The Intentional Organization book
Great products flow from diverse teams, deliberate processes, and a culture that nurtures different ideas and perspectives. With The Intentional Organization, you’ll learn how to create an environment that values people as humans rather than resources, solve the most common organizational problems in simple and practical ways, and find inspiration on how to lead your teams more effectively.
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