Understanding Teams
Foundation and diagnosis — learning to see what's actually happening in teams before you try to fix anything
I've spent ten years leading technology teams, building systems, and managing transformations. This is where I work through what I'm learning.
You'll find structured pathways for learning specific topics, posts from real projects, and a library of everything that's shaped how I think.
Structured learning journeys mixing posts, books, and frameworks. Not reading lists—actual pathways.
Foundation and diagnosis — learning to see what's actually happening in teams before you try to fix anything
Learning where AI works, where it doesn't, and how to build production-ready tools at team scale
Understanding agile principles, practices, and mindset through curated resources - from concepts to application
The first time I ran an AI-assisted triage system properly, it burned through 5.2 million tokens and told me almost nothing useful. Six weeks later, running it again, I burned through nearly as many tokens a second time, for a completely different reason.
Six weeks touring every department before touching a single system, a work trial that starts at six in the morning with coffee waiting: what onboarding is actually for, and what happens when it's left to assemble itself.
Hiring is the upstream part of building a high-performing team — the conditions you create before anyone joins. A system, not a transaction.