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“We have multiple dashboards showing different numbers. Which one is correct?” If you’ve worked in data long enough, you’ve probably heard this question more times than you’d like. Sales reports one revenue figure. Finance reports another. Product Analytics has a third. Executives spend more time debating whose dashboard is correct than discussing what action to take. The natural response is…
Learn how California's DHCS used Atlassian's Strategy Collection to connect strategy, delivery, and governance. The post From fragmented work to faster public health delivery appeared first on Inside Atlassian.
Companies are cutting new grad hiring to save money. Atlassian research suggests they're actually cutting their fastest path to AI adoption. The post HR in the age of abundant intelligence – what we believe appeared first on Inside Atlassian.
Strategy usually does not fail because leaders are unclear or teams are slow. It fails in the handoffs between intent, funding, people, systems, and work. The post How Anaplan is rebuilding the broken chain between strategy and delivery appeared first on Inside Atlassian.
There are various definitions surrounding the role of a Delivery Lead (DL) within the tech industry. The role of a DL is versatile and requires the ability to shapeshift to wear many hats confidently. Essential to the role are the abilities to skillfully steward stakeholders and development teams, lead strategy and project management, own the […] The post Steward, Strategist,…
The first time you realize you’re a safe leader, it feels like a victory. People tell you the truth sooner. They admit mistakes instead of hiding them. They bring you the messy thing instead of the polished story. The team takes more calculated risks, and the work gets better. If you care deeply about people — and if you’re reading…
Engineering VP Josh Clemm deep-dives into how we think about knowledge graphs, indexes, MCP, and prompt optimization using tools like DSPy.
Leading while learning Why great managers don’t have all the answers I used to think leaders had to have all the right answers. Now I know that the best ones have all the right questions. Early in my career, I admired managers who seemed to have everything figured out. They spoke with certainty, made quick decisions, and never hesitated. I…
Good leaders absorb risk to optimize learning rate, unblock teams, and break through indecision. A well-functioning team applies this fractally.
All software is built atop a core set of assumptions. As new code is added and new use-cases emerge, software can become unmoored from those assumptions. When this happens, a fundamental tension arises between revisiting those foundational assumptions—which usually entails a lot of work—or trying to support new behavior atop the existing architecture. The latter…
I have now been a Software Engineering Team Lead on the BBC Sounds mobile apps team for 4 years. So what have I learned from this once-daunting, now-familiar role? Leadership does not mean telling people what to do. Mother Goose is holding back here and letting the baby gosling stride confidently ahead Before working at the BBC, I thought a…
Separate social, info-sharing, and decision-making meetings. Effective meetings require a process owner, agenda, preread, and curated attendees.
Customer-first: Moving from Hero Engineering to Reliability Engineering From the beginning, Slack has always had a strong focus on the customer experience, and customer love is one of our core values. Slack has grown from a small team to thousands of employees over the years and this customer love has always included a focus on…
Define the problem in own terms, take perspectives, validate signal, decide when to decide, and execute.
Internships are a great opportunity for companies to invest in great talent and train future engineers. It is important to prepare a good mentorship plan for the interns, so that they make the best use of their time and acquire experiences that will help make them full-time employees in the future. The first step is…
Leadership without management: the what, the how, the tools, and how to measure success as a Principal+ engineer.
Agile retrospectives are a widely used practice within engineering teams. They provide teams with a way to reflect on how they work and become better at what they do. One of the main benefits of retrospectives is that they empower teams to define and make changes by analyzing what happened in an iteration and by determining what can be improved…
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