On September tenth I published the first of two parts, called Twenty Twenty-Six, The Evolution of the Leader Practitioner. This episode isn’t a reading of it. Here I’m talking through the afternoon itself and the parts I’m still processing.
The question is easy: A year ago, the hands-on leader was rare enough that a room full of them had no name for it. What changed in twelve months, and what didn’t?
If you lead engineers, the first part of that answer is about who you hire. The second is about what the tools you’ve already bought haven’t changed.
Nobody in the room is named, a condition of the conversation. When I quote someone, you’re hearing their words in my voice.
