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Argument Is A Good Thing, but…
Collaborative decision making
Sep 24
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Allen Holub
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Management Is Not Leadership
Mangers are hardly ever leaders. Leaders emerge, they are not appointed.
Sep 23
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Allen Holub
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AI Agents Are Not Magic
I want to cut through the "Agentic AI" gatekeeping BS for a moment.
Sep 22
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Allen Holub
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Heuristics for Effective [Software Development] Organizations
A continuously evolving list.*
Sep 16
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Allen Holub
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It's the communication, not the software.
The problem with "ecosystems"
Sep 14
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Allen Holub
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We tried that—it didn't work.
The Improvement Kata
Sep 12
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Allen Holub
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That Lame AI SupportBot Is A Bug!
Support is a product feature.
Sep 7
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Allen Holub
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Scrum vs. Not-Scrum
We Need Product Managers, not Owners
Sep 5
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Allen Holub
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August 2025
Learned (And Actual) Helplessness
Management identified "learned helplessness" is usually actual helplessness.
Aug 26
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Allen Holub
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"Please tell me what to do!"
Not all teams are ready for autonomy.
Aug 26
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Allen Holub
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It works? Compared to what?
Whenever I talk about what I think of as effective ways to work, somebody always pushes back with “what we’re doing now works,” and "<some behemoth…
Aug 19
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Allen Holub
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Security Theater
Yes, I am a human.
Aug 17
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Allen Holub
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