Technical Leadership Thursday

Weekly insights for technical leaders who refuse to be the shock absorber for broken systems.

Every Thursday, I send one short, actionable idea to high-achieving technical leaders. Each issue gives you a practical tool for:

  • Making invisible work visible

  • Designing boundaries that protect your capacity

  • Refusing emotional labor dumps without apology

  • Building systems that scale without burning you out

This isn’t recycled leadership fluff. It’s distilled insight from three decades in aerospace leadership — frameworks that help you lead with precision, without sacrificing yourself.

Topics

The topics I cover in the weekly emails are drawn from my own experience, the stories I hear from my mentors and mentees, and important events relevant to leaders. In each issue, I’ll address a topic, give some actionable ideas you can implement right away, and offer a challenge for the upcoming week. Below are a few topics that I’ve covered in the past. If you decide this isn’t for you, you can unsubscribe at any time. No hard feelings.

Curiosity in Technical Leadership
Curiosity isn’t about interrogating your team. It’s about staying open when your brain wants to rush to judgment. The most effective leaders ask: “What don’t I know yet?” before they decide.

Boundaries as System Design
If you’re constantly stepping in to patch failures, you’re not building a system — you’re becoming one. Boundaries force accountability back where it belongs, and that’s how sustainable teams are built.

Ego vs. Excellence
Projects collapse when fragile egos outrank good engineering. The job of the technical leader isn’t to keep everyone happy — it’s to create systems where decisions serve the mission, not personal pride.

High-capacity leaders don’t need more noise. They need precision. Join Technical Leadership Thursday and get one tool each week to stop carrying broken systems.

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