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Umit Gunes

Learning as an Experience for Organizations

I think I have spent enough time in different organizations to say what a “good” organization looks like. Of course, this is in my…

4 min readAug 1, 2022

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Learning as an Experience for Organizations

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Umit Gunes

Why I think “1%” rule is actually not good and how to make it better

There are multiple articles referencing a popular book/talk/video saying that only by doing one thing a day you can get better at it…

2 min readJun 21, 2022

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Umit Gunes

Is Feedback really a gift?

Only if you accept that poison can also be a gift, then the answer is yes, otherwise it is a big no.

4 min readApr 26, 2022

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Umit Gunes

Is the Spotify model killing your gains?

Such a clickbait headline, right? I know… But for me, this is a personal matter as I have dealt with many orgs that try to apply the…

2 min readMar 14, 2022

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The invisible non-functional work culture

Everyone was laughing at meetings, from an outside eye, things were perfect. When observed, there was nothing wrong at all. Yet, things…

2 min readJan 24, 2022

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New Manager’s dilemma of getting things done

Almost every single new manager I met falls into this trap. It is not just a trap that keeps you captive, at the same time it has a huge…

3 min readDec 20, 2021

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Refactoring BS and its value

Oh boy, I was in a meeting with my CTO and jr. Engineering Manager. EM said we are refactoring 80% of the code we write every month. I was…

2 min readNov 16, 2021

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Some productivity hacks that I use

There are multiple books providing tons of suggestions about how to be effective and efficient. I am not going to repeat them as some of…

3 min readNov 15, 2021

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Awareness vs. Alignment

I am, actually now used to be, a big fan of the word “Alignment”. Having worked in the tech industry in management roles for over a decade…

2 min readNov 14, 2021

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Do we need a framework for everything?

Working in tech, dealing with different organizations as a consultant, I came to a realization that people are looking for solutions like…

1 min readNov 12, 2021

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Umit Gunes

Umit Gunes

I specialize in helping organizations to build functional teams. A hands-off CTO with focus on organizational development in engineering

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