InfoQ - Leadership

Mini book: Architecting Autonomy: Decentralising Architecture Inside an Organization

InfoQ — Fri, 15 May 2026 11:00:00 GMT

As AI accelerates delivery cycles, traditional centralized architecture becomes a bottleneck. This eMag brings together practitioner insights on decentralizing decision-making and moving from approval chains to guardrails. Discover frameworks for rethinking the architect’s role, creating enabling platforms, and balancing edge autonomy with the strategic coherence needed to scale effectively.

By InfoQ

Scaling Social Systems in Software Organizations

Ben Linders — Thu, 14 May 2026 11:41:00 GMT

Fast-scaling teams must rebuild trust and psychological safety as their social systems expand. Intentional, redundant communication across multiple formats can keep everyone aligned. Cross-team rituals, buddy systems, and rotating facilitators can reduce silos by building bridges between teams. Leaders accelerate this by modeling the vulnerability they want to see.

By Ben Linders

Presentation: Leadership in AI-Assisted Engineering

Justin Reock — Fri, 08 May 2026 12:40:00 GMT

Justin Reock discusses the reality of AI’s impact on engineering, moving past anecdotes to hard data from DORA and DX research. He explains the "GenAI Divide" - where 95% of pilots fail - and shares how leaders can use the SPACE and Core 4 frameworks to measure true ROI. He explains how to balance speed with quality, reduce developer fear, and apply agentic solutions across the entire SDLC.

By Justin Reock

Podcast: The AI Joy Gap: Why Some Developers Thrive While Others Struggle

Michael Parker — Fri, 08 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Michael Parker, VP of Engineering at TurinTech AI, about bringing joy back to software development in the AI era, the emerging role of "factory architects" who orchestrate AI agents rather than write code directly, and the cultural divide between AI hype and the reality developers face on legacy codebases.

By Michael Parker