Leadership insights, thoughts from lived experiences and readings
From a summit stage to our Friday hour A week earlier, I attended Checkr's three-day Leadership Summit at the Omni Hotel in San Francisco, alongside fellow Engineering Managers, Staff Engineers, Product Managers and other leaders from across the organization. Brooks led the first morning session and introduced us to the Dreaded Drama Triangle (DDT) and… Continue reading Victim, Persecutor, Rescuer: Breaking Out of the Dreaded Drama Triangle
A few weeks ago, I started something deliberately low-tech at Checkr: a bi-weekly "connection hour." One topic, one hour, no prep required, no sprint work talk. The idea came out of a candid conversation about how AI is quietly increasing everyone's cognitive load — more output, more review, more context-switching. I wanted an hour that… Continue reading Is the Ideal Team Player Still Humble, Hungry, and Smart in the AI Era?
