This is such a brilliant piece, Kacper. It shows how the chaos we blame on "bad culture" is actually poor architecture, and then offers concrete ways to redesign it.
I also think half the Slack pings and meetings happen just to create the illusion of shared responsibility. Event-driven comms also require real trust. Trust that people will read the update. Trust that they’ll speak up if something’s off. And trust that silence doesn’t mean you’re on the hook alone.
Technical solutions only work when cultural fear doesn’t override them.
I love that your takeaway from this is about trust! The only way that all of this works is when people trust each other to be accountable and responsive. Culture drives everything
This is such a brilliant piece, Kacper. It shows how the chaos we blame on "bad culture" is actually poor architecture, and then offers concrete ways to redesign it.
I also think half the Slack pings and meetings happen just to create the illusion of shared responsibility. Event-driven comms also require real trust. Trust that people will read the update. Trust that they’ll speak up if something’s off. And trust that silence doesn’t mean you’re on the hook alone.
Technical solutions only work when cultural fear doesn’t override them.
I love that your takeaway from this is about trust! The only way that all of this works is when people trust each other to be accountable and responsive. Culture drives everything