Blog for Engineering Managers

Blog for Engineering Managers

#15 | Sunday reads for EMs

My favourite reads of the week to make your Sunday a little more inspiring.

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Stephane Moreau
Sep 21, 2025
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How Culture Scales (or Doesn't)

tl;dr: Most companies try to "grow" culture by having more training programs and offsites, but you actually need to "scale" it through deliberate systems, and feedback loops. Great advice on what rituals work well (blameless postmortems, decision frameworks) versus what’s not (founder osmosis, organic bonding).

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