I had a great time prepping for the interview with CTO Mastermind and Alex has been an incredible host. Truly an interesting conversation where I expanded on a number of topics close to my heart: * what companies should focus on to make the employee engaged and high performing* * why autonomy…
A few months ago, the incredible Emma Hopkinson-Spark interviewed me during one of the CTOCraft bytes events. The discussion was a 360 view on leadership and people, but the core part we really delve into where: * employees motivation and why most companies are doing it wrong * how autonomy needs to…
Recently, many people who work with me have reached a point where they have started considering moving into a management career path. This career change has become more and more common, and at times is not really clear how different the two careers are. For this reason, I was thrilled…
The introduction of two separate enginering career ladders is helping engineers immensely across our industry choose the route they enjoy the most and, consequently, improves the quality of people that get promoted. Now that we have multiple options, how do we help senior engineers make a choice? Let's explore an…
This is the third part of a 6-part series [https://simonecasciaroli.com/tag/montessori-leadership/] on using the Montessori Principles to guide you as a Leader. Today we will discuss how intrinsic motivation plays a central role in creating effective teams and retaining great employees. If your company struggles to keep…
This is the second part of a 6-part series [https://simonecasciaroli.com/tag/montessori-leadership/] on using the Montessori Principles to guide you as a Leader. Today we will discuss how to balance coaching with your delivery goals effectively. If you often find yourself in a situation where you are trying…
A few days ago, I presented at the Agnostic Agile, a talk I worked on for a while on uncertainty in Product development. Although my focus has shifted back to Engineering Leadership, delivery is a crucial aspect of it. Handling uncertainty and creating a process that allows teams to be…
In November, I co-presented a talk on Scaling Babylon's Workflow platform [https://simonecasciaroli.com/scaling-babylon-worfkflow-platform/]. While you can watch the recording in the link above to understand how we transitioned and what adjustments we made on our path to becoming a platform team, I want to focus this post on…