Test-Driven Leadership: Crafting Testable Strategies
summary
Begins with the Hawthorne effect — productivity rises when people feel observed — and proposes Test-Driven Leadership: apply red green blue refactor cycles to strategy, shipping the smallest meaningful slice, defining metrics, and iterating. Example at Link Tree replaces a three‑month attempt at a three‑year plan with experiments: an embedded mobile engineer idea fails, a consultant-style mobile squad succeeds, and frequent small experiments reduce risk and improve team dialogue.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Test-Driven Leadership intro
- 1:35Hawthorne Effect in leadership
- 4:44Applying Test-Driven Development to Strategy
- 7:35Breaking strategy with TDD
- 11:51Overcoming overwhelm in leadership
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