An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management

by Will Larson

I was lucky early in my management career to have a coworker describe me as the best leader they had worked with. It took several additional years of practice for another to declare me their worst.

Organizational design gets the right people in the right places, empowers them to make decisions, and then holds them accountable for their results. Maintained consistently and changed sparingly, nothing else will help you scale more.