What Will Larson thinks about ambition
Engineering executive who has led infrastructure and engineering organisations at Stripe, Calm, Carta and Imprint, and previously at Uber and Digg. Author of "An Elegant Puzzle", "Staff Engineer", "The Engineering Executive’s Primer" and "Crafting Engineering Strategy". Writes about organisational design at lethain.com.
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1 dated position, 2018, in their own words. Our reading of what Will Larson has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingInnovation tends to come from slack time away from firefighting, not from being fully utilized.
Their wordsIn this case, it’s to maintain enough slack in your team’s schedule that the team can build quality into their work, and operating continuously in innovation, and avoid backtracking.
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