Claire Reckless
@clairereckless.bsky.social
Engineering Manager, Tester, occasional public speaker
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Why Does Platform Engineering So Often End In FAILURE? |
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Why Does Platform Engineering So Often End In FAILURE?
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August 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Why Does Platform Engineering So Often End In FAILURE? |
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Psychological safety is NOT about lack of disagreement.
Psychological safety REQUIRES:
* disagreement and debate
* setting standards for behavior and performance, and enforcing them
* telling people things they don't want to hear
* courage, from the bottom up
* humility, from the top down
Psychological safety REQUIRES:
* disagreement and debate
* setting standards for behavior and performance, and enforcing them
* telling people things they don't want to hear
* courage, from the bottom up
* humility, from the top down
Controversial take: teams that never argue are often the most dysfunctional ones.
Here's why your team should be fighting more.
terriblesoftware.org/2025/03/12/w...
Here's why your team should be fighting more.
terriblesoftware.org/2025/03/12/w...
Why Your ‘Harmonious’ Team Is Actually Failing
Teams often confuse psychological safety with everyone getting along perfectly. I see leaders bragging about teams where nobody ever raises their voice, where meetings wrap up with everyone nodding…
terriblesoftware.org
March 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Psychological safety is NOT about lack of disagreement.
Psychological safety REQUIRES:
* disagreement and debate
* setting standards for behavior and performance, and enforcing them
* telling people things they don't want to hear
* courage, from the bottom up
* humility, from the top down
Psychological safety REQUIRES:
* disagreement and debate
* setting standards for behavior and performance, and enforcing them
* telling people things they don't want to hear
* courage, from the bottom up
* humility, from the top down
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A key lesson I’ve learned as a manager is situational leadership. Managing everyone the same doesn’t work.
People vary in skill and motivation for tasks. High skill, high will workers need empowerment, while low skill, low will workers need clear direction and guidance.
Adapt your approach.
People vary in skill and motivation for tasks. High skill, high will workers need empowerment, while low skill, low will workers need clear direction and guidance.
Adapt your approach.
November 30, 2024 at 5:15 PM
A key lesson I’ve learned as a manager is situational leadership. Managing everyone the same doesn’t work.
People vary in skill and motivation for tasks. High skill, high will workers need empowerment, while low skill, low will workers need clear direction and guidance.
Adapt your approach.
People vary in skill and motivation for tasks. High skill, high will workers need empowerment, while low skill, low will workers need clear direction and guidance.
Adapt your approach.
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Reposting my popular post from elsewhere. It's still relevant 6 years later. I made a handy flowchart called "Should I say resources?" Please use as needed.
November 20, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Reposting my popular post from elsewhere. It's still relevant 6 years later. I made a handy flowchart called "Should I say resources?" Please use as needed.
Reposted by Claire Reckless
My latest blog post covers how a simple observation at airport security highlights the concept of Betterment and how it applies to engineering teams. Which group are you in?
angiejones.tech/the-betterme...
angiejones.tech/the-betterme...
The Betterment Metric - Angie Jones
A simple observation at airport security highlights the concept of Betterment and how it applies to engineering teams. Which group are you in?
angiejones.tech
November 22, 2024 at 4:54 PM
My latest blog post covers how a simple observation at airport security highlights the concept of Betterment and how it applies to engineering teams. Which group are you in?
angiejones.tech/the-betterme...
angiejones.tech/the-betterme...
If you aren’t following @robbowley.net you should be !!
Lots of new followers so thought I'd do an intro 🙂
This is me, without hat, in my garden, on a rainy morning in Manchester 🐝, UK
Been working in tech for 25 years - software engineer then various leadership roles. Nowadays I'm a product & tech leadership advisor, coach, consultant.
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This is me, without hat, in my garden, on a rainy morning in Manchester 🐝, UK
Been working in tech for 25 years - software engineer then various leadership roles. Nowadays I'm a product & tech leadership advisor, coach, consultant.
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November 16, 2024 at 12:02 PM
If you aren’t following @robbowley.net you should be !!
Next read lined up !
November 5, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Next read lined up !
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October 30, 2024 at 6:13 PM
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Why AI replacing juniors is bad for senior devs:
Rift Between Junior and Senior Developers
www.oreilly.com
October 22, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Why AI replacing juniors is bad for senior devs:
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The vast majority of your problems can be solved with boring, common technologies.
Techies get carried away with shiny new tech. The next greatest thing comes along, and the suggestions are to use it for the new project or platform.
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Techies get carried away with shiny new tech. The next greatest thing comes along, and the suggestions are to use it for the new project or platform.
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October 22, 2024 at 7:42 AM
The vast majority of your problems can be solved with boring, common technologies.
Techies get carried away with shiny new tech. The next greatest thing comes along, and the suggestions are to use it for the new project or platform.
1/3
Techies get carried away with shiny new tech. The next greatest thing comes along, and the suggestions are to use it for the new project or platform.
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