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Antoine Buteau

Antoine Buteau

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People Systems That Actually Raise the Bar Series #6: Performance Management Without Theater

Stop treating performance management as a documentation ritual for decisions already made and start using it to raise the bar.
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People Systems That Actually Raise the Bar Series #10: The People Systems Audit

A people systems audit reveals if your company is actually raising the bar or just talking about it.
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People Systems That Actually Raise the Bar Series #9: Managers as System Stewards

Managers are more than just users of the people system because they are the active components that make the entire structure work.
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People Systems That Actually Raise the Bar Series #8: Standards, Consequences, and Fairness

Fairness means people understand the standards, the evidence, and the consequences instead of everyone getting the same amount of patience.
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Platform Strategy Series #2: When a Product Should Become a Platform

Treating activity as evidence is a trap where more tickets and meetings leave you no closer to a better decision.
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Platform Strategy Series #1: Platform Strategy Is Not We Have an API

Strategy starts when a team admits resources are finite, because any plan that ignores constraints is just a wish list with nicer formatting.
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Platform Strategy Series #5: Marketplace Liquidity and Trust

Sequencing makes marketplace strategy real because decisions made in the wrong order can be correct in theory but damaging in practice.
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Platform Strategy Series #4: Developer Experience as Product Quality

Good teams surface the hidden tradeoff early when changes are cheap, while weak teams pay later through delays, churn, and quiet rework.
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