You Don’t Need a Crown to Change the Kingdom Let me tell you about a guy named Martin. It was a Wednesday. That kind of Wednesday where everyone create urgency out of nothing and nobody knows why they’re in the meeting. Managers were zooming in on dashboards like they were CSI detectives. Juniors were Googling … Lead Like a Rebel: The Guide to Silent Authority
We force humans into linear frameworks. Then we wonder why they burnout. Ladders Are for Buildings. Humans Need Loops. Picture this: You’re 28, already leading a team, and someone says, “Next stop: Director!” You nod. Because that’s what grown-ups do, right? Climb the ladder. Play the game. Wait for the title. Wait for permission. Wait … Grow Without Climbing Yourself to Death
The Lie We Tell Ourselves as Leaders Most managers will nod sagely when you talk about “autonomy.” They’ll quote Daniel Pink or throw around “Spotify squads” like candy at a TED talk. But behind closed doors? They don’t actually want autonomous teams. They want obedient soldiers dressed as creative thinkers. They want control with the … Team Autonomy Builds High Performance – or Destroys It
“Every legacy system was once a greenfield project that succeeded.” Every new wave in tech arrives with a promise to replace the old, cleaner code, faster deployments, better scalability. We are now deep in the age of microservices, serverless, and distributed everything. And yet, beneath countless companies’ most critical infrastructure lies something many engineers scoff … Monoliths Aren’t Evil: Why I Still Respect Legacy Systems
There was a time when I believed that learning anything outside of my core expertise was a waste of time. As someone deeply rooted in IT and software development, skills like photography, audio editing, and voice-over work felt completely irrelevant to my future. They had no obvious connection to coding, system architecture, or managing technical … The Unexpected Power of Pointless Pursuits