Management debt
While not as trendy as tech debt, management debt will more often lead to horrible outcomes
Decay
Learn about institutional decay and how organizations lose the ability to act.
Tech debt
You've likely heard technologists use the term "technical debt", but it's not clear exactly what it means or how you treat it. And it sounds really bad.
Mix feature and quality work
Include bugs and fixes in cycles. Tooling is a force multiplier if done right.
Organizations measure motion to avoid accountability for progress
There is a dangerous comfort in measuring motion instead of progress. When organizations lose the discipline to judge work by actual systemic effectiveness and performance, metrics become the ultimate refuge from accountability.