Leaders SIG - How Leaders Build Predictable Outcomes Without Burning Out Teams
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Topic Name
After Agile: How Leaders Build Predictable Outcomes Without Burning Out Teams
Session Description
Everyone wants predictable delivery. Few organizations know how to actually create it.
For many leaders, engineering still feels like a black box; full of activity, dashboards, and updates, but low on confidence when it comes to outcomes, timelines, and business impact. Teams work harder, meetings multiply, and yet surprises keep showing up.
This talk explores what comes after Agile maturity: how leadership across engineering, product, and the business can create predictable outcomes by design, not through heroics, pressure, or constant escalation. We’ll look at the organizational patterns that replace chaos with confidence, protect teams from burnout, and allow predictability to compound as organizations scale.
Speaker Bio
Jay Paulson is a senior engineering and systems leader who helps organizations move from reactive delivery to predictable execution at scale. He has led product and platform engineering organizations through growth and transformation, working closely with executives, product leaders, and finance to connect engineering delivery to business outcomes.
Jay focuses on building invisible systems that create clarity, protect people, and deliver results without heroics.