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Oliver Buchannon
Chris Downard

A seasoned engineering leader focused on building high-trust teams that ship great software.


Reimagining Team Structure in the AI Era

Reimagining Team Structure in the AI Era

Building lean, AI-native organizations that deliver more

Team Dynamics

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The Divide Between AI-Fluent and AI-Resistant Developers

The Divide Between AI-Fluent and AI-Resistant Developers

How AI fluency compounds into faster learning, better code, and stronger careers

Team Dynamics

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AI Is Your Leadership Multiplier

AI Is Your Leadership Multiplier

The leaders who harness it will reshape their organizations.

AI Isn't Ending Developer Careers. It's Changing Them.

AI Isn't Ending Developer Careers. It's Changing Them.

How to Stay Valuable When AI Changes the Work, Not the Goal

Engineering Leadership

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Understanding Value as a Developer: A Career Superpower

Understanding Value as a Developer: A Career Superpower

Stand out early by learning how to solve the right problems for your company.

Career

Build Values Like You Build Systems — With Purpose

Build Values Like You Build Systems — With Purpose

Don’t borrow someone else’s mission statement. Craft values that fit your product, people, and phase.

Deadlines Aren't Evil—They're Information

Deadlines Aren't Evil—They're Information

How strong engineering leaders use deadlines to drive alignment, not burnout.

Team Dynamics

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The Role of Empathy in Engineering Leadership

The Role of Empathy in Engineering Leadership

You can’t lead a team you don’t understand.

Throughput isn't the goal. Learning is.

Throughput isn't the goal. Learning is.

Shipping fast doesn’t matter if you’re shipping wrong.

Team Dynamics

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Slow is smooth, smooth is fast

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast

You can’t go fast if you’re tripping over yourself.

The Cost of Context Switching

The Cost of Context Switching

Your team isn’t slow—just spread too thin.

Engineering Leadership

Psychological safety is a feature, not a vibe

Psychological safety is a feature, not a vibe

Scared teams stall. Safe teams scale.

Team Dynamics

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Output ≠ Outcome

Output ≠ Outcome

You can ship a mountain of code and still be going nowhere.

Team Dynamics

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Velocity is a Lagging Indicator

Velocity is a Lagging Indicator

Chasing faster sprints won’t get you there faster — but improving the system just might.

Engineering Leadership

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Principles over Patterns

Principles over Patterns

The best engineering cultures start with values, not standups.

Team Dynamics

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Why the Team is the Product

Why the Team is the Product

You don’t ship great software without a great team — and you don’t build great teams by accident.

Team Dynamics

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