The Value Flywheel Effect

Introduction

After twenty-five years in the technology industry, I can now look back and empathize with all the people I drove crazy—mostly IT managers. Let’s face it, software engineers are usually hired to build things quickly, not fix the sociotechnical issues of the larger organization. And yet, that is what I have found myself drawn to time and time again. After all, I have always believed that if you fix the system, then everyone can build quicker, and the business can deliver value sooner. The power of the group is always greater than the power of one.

Whether I was working on improving security, introducing Agile working methods, creating good engineering principles, improving enterprise architecture, building a machine learning (ML) ...