A low bus factor isn’t a flex—it’s a liability. If your team falls apart when one dev takes PTO, you don’t have a hero… you have a leadership problem. It’s time to stop celebrating knowledge hoarding and start building teams that can actually breathe.
If you need to approve every task, comment on every PR, and hover in every meeting—you’re not leading, you’re just controlling. Real leadership starts where control ends. Here’s how to stop being the bottleneck and start building trust.
You’re not too busy—you’re just prioritizing status meetings over the people doing the work. This post unpacks the leadership lie of “no time” and challenges you to stop ghosting your team in the name of productivity theater.
Forget the corporate leadership fluff. This guide breaks down what it really takes to lead in tech—without micromanaging, hero worship, or turning into the boss everyone secretly dreads.
Remote work didn’t break your culture—it revealed it was never that strong to begin with. If you’re still blaming remote for disengagement, you’re missing the point. It’s time to fix your leadership, not your Wi-Fi.
