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Field notes on leading engineers.
Nodirkhon Yusupov writes about teams, audits, hiring and where technology is heading, drawing on the Ericsson years and the work at Sensoramo.
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How to Build a Dream Team
Five pillars for a high-performing team, tested in startups and corporate departments, from giving work a purpose to a business that runs without its leader. Read the article
Dec 2025Babe, tell me about the future in 2026 and beyond
How the economy shifts in 2026: smaller teams run by super-experts, a blue-collar renaissance, the end of AI wrappers and revenue per employee as the new north star. Read the article
Feb 2025Why didn't you hire me?
Most companies send rejected candidates nothing. Here is a hiring process that gave every applicant useful feedback, and how they rated it. Read the article
Mar 2024What the hell I am doing here?
How to help a team find the meaning in its work and align on goals, and why OKRs fail for so many organizations. Read the article
Feb 2024Oh, shit. Here is an auditor!
What makes an internal audit work, from a lead auditor in electronics manufacturing: planning, team rules, transparency, diplomacy and a tight close. Read the article
Dec 2023How engineers turn into leaders
Why engineers are often weak at soft skills, how they become leaders anyway, and what organizations do that stops them. Read the article
Aug 2023Sense Of Ownership & Leadership
Are employees cogs in the wheel? On the sense of ownership in large organizations, what silos do to it, and one way to solve the problem. Read the article
Jul 2023Dream, Vision & Mission
Leadership starts with a vision. One founder's dream, mission and idea, and the plan to carry them out. Read the article
Jun 2023Aikido in Leadership
What twenty years of aikido taught the founder of Sensoramo about resolving conflict and leading people. Read the article
May 2023India or philosophy of taking it easy
Two weeks in Maharashtra for a friend's wedding, and what the trip showed about daily life, women's rights and where India is heading. Read the article
Apr 2023Journey to thought leadership
From violin lessons and school rap songs to writing articles and running a department. Why an engineer started publishing, and what came of it. Read the article
Apr 2023Back to school
A lesson on IT and programming for 9th graders in Tartu, and one engineer's take on education. Read the article
Mar 2023How I started doing podcast
Why Nodirkhon Yusupov launched the Leaders & Engineers podcast, and why he believes engineers make great leaders. Read the article
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