🟣 Part 4: Mauve Is the New Rose
Part 4 of the Mauve series: my company handed engineers a "how to use the AI tool" doc. Buried in the mental model — you're not coding anymore, you're managing a team. Nobody asked.
You’re Not Batman. You Just Think You Are. 🦇
We all know the difference between a hero and a villain in the movies. So why do we stop applying that lens the second we get a title and a headcount?
Annual Audits Are Absolute Agony
353K people liked a LinkedIn post about not wanting a performance review. That’s not viral content. That’s a suppressed scream. Here’s why the annual review is broken, gameable, and what it should actually be.
Don't Team for the Plan
Leadership builds a strategy, then squints at the roster. "You're adaptable, right?" That's how heal-specced paladins end up tanking. And why AI won't save a misaligned team.
We Shipped a Fix for the Wrong Bug
Nobody ever asked for a tool that writes their code. Engineers filed a thousand tickets about bad requirements, unclear direction, and endless meetings. We closed them all as WONTFIX and shipped an AI that codes instead.
The Goose Is on the Team
You’re not falling behind on features. You’re starving the goose. P/PC — productivity vs. capability — explains every engineering org failure mode in one brutal parable.
Agile Isn’t About the Ceremonies — It’s About the People 💬✨
Agile isn’t about checking boxes or running ceremonies — it’s about people, learning, and delivering value. Here’s what I’ve learned from helping teams adopt Agile, the struggles to watch for, and how to actually make it work. 🚀