Control the Narrative to Control the Outcome
There’s a quiet truth in engineering leadership: he who controls the narrative, controls the outcome. It’s not about ego or hierarchy. It’s about influence — the kind that shapes how…
Category: Leadership
After the Final Boss: Destiny 2, Storylines, and Reactive Leadership
I usually write about leadership, systems, and the ways organizations succeed—or fail—under pressure. Today, I want to take a slightly different angle: a case study from a place that’s personal,…
Balancing Ethics, Humanity, and Responsibility
Every so often, leadership escapes the comfortable orbit of planning roadmaps and OKRs and enters a realm that feels almost ancient—where decisions aren’t just about performance, but about principle. I’m…
Myths of Effortless Remote Leadership
Remote leadership is often sold as a lifestyle upgrade.You’ve seen the pictures and read the blogs: What you don’t see in the stock photo: the manager hunched over their laptop…
Invisible Expectations, Unseen Assumptions
“We thought you knew.” They didn’t say it out loud. They rarely do. But the silence was there, humming beneath every meeting invite, every handoff, every task that didn’t come…