Alex Aitken

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The Power of Communication

By Alex AitkenPublished 16 mins read

Essay Leadership Management

Recently, I had a small debate with other leaders on the impact of communication and its role across the team. We debated that repeating material in the town hall format adds no value and that they would prefer smaller more personal modes of communication. I believe that we need to communicate widely and personally. The […]

Product Engineering Strategy

By Alex AitkenPublished 27 mins read

Essay Leadership Management Strategy

An engineering strategy goes beyond your OKRs (if that’s what you use for goal setting). It goes into where you want the organization to be in the next few years. As a leader, you need to decide the short-term tactics you wish to use and your long-term plays. A strategy doesn’t necessarily need to be […]