Leading through scarcity: Building capacity in the team
summary
Claims that tech hiring and orgs are in an era of scarcity with two out of three managers reporting burnout lead to a specific playbook: run inefficiency audits, invest in observability and targeted automation, buy rather than build where it saves time, and use AI now mainly for written communication and performance evaluation. Use a tech/process/people map, apply circles of control influence and concern to cut anxiety, keep regular one‑on‑ones (weekly or biweekly), push ruthless prioritization with data for upward visibility, and coach to scale capacity.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00The era of scarcity
- 3:00Avoiding bad management
- 4:21Framework for capacity
- 5:25Leveraging technology
- 7:28Streamlining processes
- 9:12Addressing anxiety
- 10:44Leading yourself
- 14:06Managing up
- 15:21Empowering reports
- 21:55Reducing team anxiety
- 24:19Final takeaways
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