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Humans in the Loop: Engineering Leadership in a Chaotic Industry

A recorded engineering-leadership talk about AI and automation, the complexity left for people to handle, and the skills leaders should keep developing.

What to look for

  1. 01

    The talk connects automation to systems thinking, concrete design, reliability, and complexity.

  2. 02

    Look at the argument for continuing to develop junior engineers rather than only replacing routine work.

Keep in mind

A practitioner’s interpretation of an evolving industry, not a forecast you can safely use as a staffing formula. The primary page includes a transcript.

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Identify one task your team is automating and the new judgment or failure-recovery work that remains with a person.

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