At Equal Experts, I have the benefit of working on my leadership skills with an occupational psychologist, Emily Morris . Recently, Emily gave me a powerful self-awareness tool: identifying my personal values.| Steve Smith
A while ago, a media customer asked me to assess their search team. They’d been told to adopt Continuous Delivery practices, while still shipping features. The team struggled to make changes, deadlines were missed, and morale was low. I sympathised, and could see most of the pain was self-inflicted. Other teams had successfully adopted Continuous Delivery, but the search team had started from scratch. Their manager asked me “are we in chaos”, and were surprised when I said “it’s rep...| Steve Smith
(available on LinkedIn)| Steve Smith
(available on LinkedIn)| Steve Smith
I’ve published servant leadership and saviour leadership on LinkedIn. Something a bit more reflective, and less technical than my usual writing.| Steve Smith
I’ve published Escape ticketing hell with a shift to self-service platforms on the Equal Experts website| Steve Smith
I’ve published How to overcome technology anarchy with aligned autonomy on the Equal Experts website| Steve Smith
I’ve published Why Kubernetes, Kafka, or Istio can derail your platform engineering efforts on the Equal Experts website| Steve Smith
I’ve published Why unplanned tech work is a silent killer on the Equal Experts website| Steve Smith
Three reasons why Equal Experts doesn’t recommend the SAFe framework | Steve Smith
“When I’m asked how long it’ll take to implement Continuous Delivery, I used to say ‘it depends’. That’s a tough conversation starter for topics as broad as culture, engineering excellence, and urgency.| Steve Smith