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Your intro to Scramble IT
Scramble IT is a weekly mix of tech, society, science, psychology and history that aims to challenge how you think and lead. Below is a quick tour to help you dive straight into the good stuff.
Engineering leader’s toolkit
Stop Chasing Metrics. Start Chasing Excellence – Unpacks why external metrics distort real work and argues for an internal scorecard built on quality, maintainability and pride. It also shows how internal standards drive sustainable business impact.
Happy Engineers Ship. Miserable Engineers Interview Elsewhere – Explains why demoralization, not technology, kills teams. It lays out how trust and autonomy let developers do their best work, and what managers must do to protect their teams from bureaucracy.
And many more
Frameworks for people who hate frameworks
If heavy processes make you itch, this series is for you. It collects simple, memorable rules of thumb that survive messy reality. Start with the More / Better / New post.
“What Would Ted Do?” – leadership lessons from Ted Lasso
Each week, I revisit an episode of Ted Lasso and extract a practical leadership lesson. The show, beneath its jokes and biscuits, is a masterclass in how to lead people. Jump in anywhere or read chronologically.
Bits & reading recaps
Between deep dives you’ll find shorter pieces – reading recaps, toolkits and quick observations. For example, the November/December reading recap distills books like Fooled by Randomness and Antifragile, focusing on resilience and designing systems that hold when plans break. These posts are ideal for when you want a shorter, thought‑provoking read.
Tech & AI musings
Occasionally Scramble IT steps back to survey broader trends, such as in The AI Mirage, which explains why today’s AI is powerful yet misunderstood and argues that it’s an extension of human knowledge rather than a replacement.
You can always browse the full What Would Ted Do? and Frameworks for People Who Hate Frameworks sections from the top navigation bar, or dip into the archive when you’re hungry for more.
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Enjoy!