The Baseline

𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 This question came from a founder-CTO last week...

I’ve worked with teams where the manager was the biggest blocker—not because they lacked skills, but because they believed the title did...

The way you ship. The way you communicate. The way you hire, plan, lead. If your startup feels messy, it’s not a failure — it’s a sign...

A manager once asked me, “Aren’t you being too soft with the team?” I had just rolled out: - Weekly 1:1s with engineers - Roadmap...

I get this question from time to time: "How much Agile do we really need?" My answer: Enough to serve the team  and the product  — not...