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Lessons Learned From Growing An Engineering Organization

InfoQ, Wednesday, April 9th, 2025

As their organization grew, Thiago Ghisi's work as director of engineering shifted from being hands-on in emergencies to designing frameworks and delegating decisions.

He suggested treating changes as experiments, documenting reorganizations, and using a wave-based communication approach to gather feedback, ensuring people feel heard and invested. This iterative process helps create sustainable growth and fosters buy-in from the team.

Thiago Ghisi presented lessons learned from growing an engineering organization at QCon London.

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