This week I'm joined by Cin7 Engineering Director Milan Brown to unpack the challenges of technology management and leadership. We discuss...
✖️ Theory X vs Theory Y management
🗣️ Intention based leadership and communication
🏢 Conditions in an org for people to thrive
😵💫 How do you learn to manage and lead?
🫤 Managing people when you're not an expert in what they do
...and much more.
Resources mentioned during the episode:
Turn The Ship Around! (book): https://davidmarquet.com/turn-the-ship-around-book/
Agile Conversations (book): https://itrevolution.com/product/agile-conversations/
Drive (book): https://www.danpink.com/books/drive/
Radical Candor (book): https://www.radicalcandor.com/the-book/
The Team Canvas (technique): https://theteamcanvas.com/
The Enginer/Manager Pendulum (article): https://charity.wtf/2017/05/11/the-engineer-manager-pendulum/
Retromat (tool for running retrospectives): https://retromat.org/
You can find Milan on:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milan-brown/
You can find Stephen on:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentownshend/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/slightreliability.bsky.social
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SlightReliability
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slight_reliability/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_kiwi_sre
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