Brigitte Pfeifer-Schmöller writes about hidden, 'quiet' conflicts in digital product organisations, arguing that circular interaction patterns, the gap between psychological safety and speaking up, and the difference between healthy disagreement and conflict drive costly dysfunction. Each issue offers an analytical framework that readers can apply to their own team dynamics.
Website: https://www.pfeifer-schmoeller.com/
Essays on leadership, governance and organisational judgement, grounded in Australian case law, survey data and political philosophy such as Burke. Readers get structured arguments with practical recommendations, plus occasional guest interviews on management methods.
Essays on product management, organizational dynamics and workplace culture, written from long experience in cross-functional product development. Each issue examines a concept such as feature factories, causal reasoning or what workplaces can promise, and offers reflective, practical framing.
Michael Lopp (Rands) writes personal, reflective essays on leadership, writing, and a career in tech. Issues combine anecdotes from his time at companies like Pinterest and Riot Games with lessons on creating, speaking, and managing people.
Steve Magness, a performance coach and author, writes about how people sustain excellence in sport, work and life, drawing on coaching experience and psychology and physiology research. Issues pair concrete stories and coaching principles with practical takeaways on motivation, mindset and technology's effect on performance.
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