Matthew Skelton
matthewskelton@mastodon.social
<p>CEO at Conflux | Exec Advisory | Operating Models | Capability Design | Co-author of 'Team Topologies' and 'Adapt Together'</p>
Posts
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Post #4462776
Ranking LLMs by felony: " I care only about style. How oafish was the process that lead to the LLM committing the felony?" https://www.verysane.ai/p/felonybench-style-points
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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/
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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.
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Post #2551265
&quot;Microsoft told us that there is no more space in Azure for us to expand our cloud footprint&quot; - senior engineer in a major UK/global financial services group to me today. ☁️⛔ 🤯 Combination of AI demand and Microsoft engineering woes (?)
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Post #2290403
&quot;... Comrade Trump&#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.&quot; Cory Doctorow on Trum ushering in the &quot;Gretacene&quot; (post-oil world). https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/04/hope-in-the-dark/#hormuzed-into-the-gretacene
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Post #2290402
&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. &quot; https://www.forbes.com/sites/londonschoolofeconomics/2026/03/12/the-most-successful-teams-dont-stay-flat-or-hierarchical-for-long/ Ar...
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Post #2290391
Mmm, petrichor 👃
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Post #1862960
&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.&quot; https://thecynefin.co/beltane-and-the-barricade/ Dave Snowden #transformation #AI
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Post #1623668
The biggest April Fool&#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
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Post #1006110
&#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 &quot;customer&quot; mean?&#39; - hard truths from Kenneth R Stott Free sample from his book &quot;Simple Is Hard&quot; about organizational intelligence - https://simpleishard.io/#sample