QFM015: Engineering Leadership Reading List - April 2024

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In the Quantum Fax Machine's April 2024 edition of Engineering Leadership Reading List we have a curated a selection of articles that weave together critical themes for engineering leaders, and that also piqued my interest over the month.

Several articles such as Improving OKRs and Abolish Performance Reviews, and 10 toxic employees to avoid focus on the employee experience, providing a some contrary examples to the usual narrative.

How to Be a Better Software Engineering Leader asks how you can be better at leading software engineering teams, whilst Everyone lies to leaders shines some light on the way that leadership fundamentally changes the relationship between people, particularly following a promotion to a senior leadership role.

Changing tack towards the practicalities of building software The Grand Unified Theory of Documentation presents a new (or at least, repackaged) way to document software, whilst For God's sake follow the Lean Startup Method implores you to rethink exactly what and how you are "doing" lean/agile product development.

Finally, in Creating Discomfort Zones we look at the (somewhat contrarian) view that favouring comfort over success is a mistaken priority of modern leadership.

As always, the Quantum Fax Machine Propellor Hat Key will guide your browsing. Enjoy!

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