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Matthew Skelton

matthewskelton@mastodon.social

<p>CEO at Conflux | Exec Advisory | Operating Models | Capability Design | Co-author of &#39;Team Topologies&#39; and &#39;Adapt Together&#39;</p>

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  • Post #4462776

    Ranking LLMs by felony: &quot; I care only about style. How oafish was the process that lead to the LLM committing the felony?&quot; https://www.verysane.ai/p/felonybench-style-points

  • Post #3627265

    Decision-making approach: Hats, Haircuts, Tattoos. 👒 Hats - try them on (low risk) 💇 Haircuts - live with the result a while ⚓ Tattoos - permanent By James Clear via Emily Webber: Decision making at the right level with Hats, Haircuts and Tattoos https://emilywebber.co.uk/decision-making-at-the-right-level-with-hats-haircuts-and-tattoos/

  • Post #3470882

    I have my copy of The Psychology of Software Teams by Cat Hicks. Essential reading for every leader leading the shift to AI-native ways of working.

  • Post #2551265

    &amp;quot;Microsoft told us that there is no more space in Azure for us to expand our cloud footprint&amp;quot; - senior engineer in a major UK/global financial services group to me today. ☁️⛔ 🤯 Combination of AI demand and Microsoft engineering woes (?)

  • Post #2290403

    &amp;quot;... Comrade Trump&amp;#39;s three-part mobilization: human rights, finance, and national security, all insisting that the enemy gets a vote, and voting unanimously for a post-American world.&amp;quot; Cory Doctorow on Trum ushering in the &amp;quot;Gretacene&amp;quot; (post-oil world). https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/04/hope-in-the-dark/#hormuzed-into-the-gretacene

  • Post #2290402

    &amp;quot;the most effective teams don’t choose between hierarchy and flatness but rather shift between them, much like the SEALs. This emerging capability, which my co-authors and I have termed hierarchical adaptability, offers a blueprint for building teams that respond to diverse and shifting demands without the disruption of formal restructuring. &amp;quot; https://www.forbes.com/sites/londonschoolofeconomics/2026/03/12/the-most-successful-teams-dont-stay-flat-or-hierarchical-for-long/ Ar...

  • Post #2290391

    Mmm, petrichor 👃

  • Post #1862960

    &amp;quot;A governance form that requires a permanent supply of correct understanding from an expert class is structurally not perdurable. It holds within its engineered parameters and fails outside them.&amp;quot; https://thecynefin.co/beltane-and-the-barricade/ Dave Snowden #transformation #AI

  • Post #1623668

    The biggest April Fool&amp;#39;s joke? Using AI to generate more output quicker instead of reshaping the flow of value in teams and systems. Multi-billion dollar joke... 🤡🤡🤡 #AI #AprilFool

  • Post #1006110

    &amp;#39;I recently watched a $40 million AI initiative collapse. Not because the technology failed—the models worked beautifully in demos. It collapsed because the organization couldn’t answer a basic question: What does &amp;quot;customer&amp;quot; mean?&amp;#39; - hard truths from Kenneth R Stott Free sample from his book &amp;quot;Simple Is Hard&amp;quot; about organizational intelligence - https://simpleishard.io/#sample