Strategies for engineering leaders to stay current and effective
summary
Presents concrete practices: run a scenario matrix (two critical uncertainties → four worlds) — author prototypes one with AI adoption vs developer salaries in a 4–5 hour session to expose options; build a technology radar (ThoughtWorks rings/quadrants) by surveying leads to reveal stuck tech (one phased-out service still drives ~30% revenue); use focused scanning questions across company, industry, and opportunistic sources; maintain a four-layer leadership stack (people, project, technical, company) to prioritize what to learn and what to do now.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction to change
- 2:23Scenario planning
- 5:31Technology radar
- 8:57Knowledge gathering
- 13:51Leadership stack
- 19:17Conclusion
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