Gary Poster

Organizing R&D Teams Tactical Approaches for Long-Term Impact

Hi Bluesky! I've blogged several times since I last posted here. Here's my most recent one. blog.leadinginnovation.co/p/organizing...

Curious People Build the Future What LLMs can’t do—and why your next engineering hire still needs to think differently.

I skipped announcing a few blog posts here, but I think this one might be particularly interesting to folks. blog.leadinginnovation.co/p/curious-pe...

Making Cross-Team Collaboration Work Streamline cross-team collaboration with five practical principles to reduce bottlenecks, enhance autonomy, and accelerate delivery as your organization scales.

I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen cross-team collaborations go wrong. One memorable time, a central platform team owned so much of the core product functionality that they brought dependent teams to a virtual halt for more than half a year.... blog.leadinginnovation.co/p/making-cro...

Integration and Balance I’ve trained myself to be skeptical whenever I use the word “balance.”

I’ve trained myself to be skeptical whenever I use the word “balance.” Do we “balance” pain and joy, or are they inseparable over time? Do we “balance” work and life, or is work an integral part of our lives?

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Bring Your Business Appetite to the Planning Table Starting R&D projects with a defined business appetite—clear time and cost constraints—enhances collaboration, aligns solutions with business goals, and improves project outcomes.

Starting R&D projects with a defined business appetite—clear time and cost constraints—enhances collaboration, aligns solutions with business goals, and improves project outcomes.

New post:
blog.leadinginnovation.co/p/bring-your...

Understand, Disagree, and Commit Empathy is crucial for authentic commitment; without it, dissent lacks impact and commitment becomes insincere.

“Disagree and commit” has been a cornerstone of leadership advice for decades. But a few years ago, I hit a wall with “disagree and commit” and had to rethink.

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Face the Risks First Three times in my career, I’ve seen teams fall into the same trap.

Three times in my career, I’ve seen teams fall into the same trap. They set ambitious goals, started delivering, and then…progress stalled. Trust eroded. Why?

Read more in my new blog post!
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1. Become a chemist
2. Chemistry
3. Psychology, then Vocal Music Performance and Literature
4. Lead R&D at a fintech

Delivering Business-Valuable Innovation Explore how fixed time, variable scope, and vertical slices can help R&D deliver consistent value.

New blog post on Leading Innovation: Delivering Business-Valuable Innovation. Defaulting to "fixed time, variable scope" with a business mindset has led to the best delivery outcomes in my career. blog.leadinginnovation.co/p/delivering...

Why You Shouldn’t Listen to Me But Maybe Do Anyway

And here's my intro post to my blog, for context, if you missed it! blog.leadinginnovation.co/p/why-you-sh...

Business-Aligned Autonomy Empower your teams without losing alignment by focusing everyone on the business.

blog.leadinginnovation.co/p/business-a... New blog post! Business-aligned autonomy is one of the top three principles I coach. I empower my teams by asking everyone to focus on the business first. It's a big ask, but I think it ultimately leads to the best outcomes. Here's how I think about it.

Leading Innovation | Gary Poster | Substack Leading Innovation is a publication for leaders and aspiring leaders in R&D, offering insights, tools, and reflections on navigating the complexities of innovation, product creation, and transformatio...

Hey, I'm blogging! Check it out. I'll ship a post every two weeks. First one is there now: "Why You Shouldn't Listen to Me (But Maybe Do Anyway)" blog.leadinginnovation.co?r=2b74go&utm...