Ilya Grigorik

Ilya Grigorik 30 Aug 2024 3 min read

Good leaders absorb risk to optimize learning rate, unblock teams, and break through indecision. A well-functioning team applies this fractally.

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Ilya Grigorik 8 Aug 2023 3 min read

Separate social, info-sharing, and decision-making meetings. Effective meetings require a process owner, agenda, preread, and curated attendees.

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Ilya Grigorik 3 Feb 2023 3 min read

Define the problem in own terms, take perspectives, validate signal, decide when to decide, and execute.

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Ilya Grigorik 3 Aug 2022 8 min read

Leadership without management: the what, the how, the tools, and how to measure success as a Principal+ engineer.

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Ilya Grigorik 20 Jul 2022 2 min read

Aptitude is the ability to perform a type of work. Tenure is the length of time in job. Their correlation degrades rapidly.

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Ilya Grigorik 9 Mar 2022 2 min read

Good decision-making is good process, used intentionally. Key lessons and principles to apply in your practice.