Management on Greg Herlein

Your Organization Must Learn As Fast As Your Best AI adopter

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:01 -0800

Everyone is asking the wrong question. “How do we adopt AI agents?” “Which tool?” “What’s the right policy?” Wrong questions. The right question is: how does your team turn what one person learned on Tuesday into something everybody on the team uses by Friday?

The Future of Software Engineering: What I Know and How I Know It

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:01 -0800

A recent industry retreat of senior engineering practitioners published their findings on where software development is heading. Reading it felt like someone had been reading my mind — and the minds of the people I follow online — and synthesized it all into one document. When a lot of people arrive at the same conclusions independently, that’s signal worth paying attention to. Here’s my take on each major theme.

The End of the Glorified Babysitter

Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:01 -0800

There’s a reckoning coming for a specific type of software engineering manager. Not the good ones. The ones who turned themselves into human Jira routers. The ones whose primary skill is translating documents into tickets and running standups. Those jobs? Gone. Faster than you think.

Foundations of High-Performance Engineering Teams

Sat, 23 Nov 2024 00:00:01 -0800

The US Navy gave me a solid foundation in leadership and operational excellence. But translating that into the business world requires a few more things.

Guest Appearance: Women in STEM Podcast

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:01 -0700

I had a lot of fun being interviewed by Aimee Vincent-Bunn who hosts the fabulous Women in STEM podcast.

Dream Teams

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:01 -0800

A friend was telling me about “Dream Teams” at Netflix and I realized that is exactly what I have been trying to build/encourage around me. That is what I want!

Guest Appearance: Software Synergy Podcast

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:01 -0700

I had a lot of fun being interviewed by James Holder for the Software Synergy Podcast. You can listen on Spotify or Apple.

DevOps: Manage the Cognitive Load

Sat, 21 May 2022 00:00:01 -0700

Speed, cost and quality are considered the vectors that you can control. If you are moving to cloud to get the “ilities” that comprise quality, you need to seriously consider Cognitive Load.

Building Solution Architecture Teams - A Software Approach

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:01 -0800

What actually is Solution Architecture? How do you build and manage an Architecture team? Can you take a software approach to that?

Engineering Leadership 321

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 21:30:29 -0700

I’ve come to firmly believe that Engineering Leadership has a 3-2-1 principle to create Engineer happiness, which is a key prerequisite for high performance Engineering teams.