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CEO at Conflux | Exec Advisory | Operating Models | Capability Design | Co-author of 'Team Topologies' and 'Adapt Together'

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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 17h
AI doesn’t fix a messy organization. It speeds up what’s already there. At Conflux, we focus on designing and governing organizations so people and AI can work with clear roles and boundaries. Explore our approach → confluxhq.com/ai
AI doesn’t fix a messy organization. It speeds up what’s already there. At Conflux, we focus on designing and governing organizations so people and AI can work with clear roles and boundaries.

Explore our approach → https://confluxhq.com/ai
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 03/10/2026
Business opportunity example: the company behind Lancashire Tea benefits from an historic rivalry dating back to the 1400s - literally 600+ years ago. There is no way that this hotel in [historic] Lancashire is going to serve proper Yorkshire Tea 🤓 💮🏵️ What extra-niche business opps have you seen?
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 02/10/2026
iBwave’s move to Azure wasn’t just a hosting change. It pushed a rethink of its SaaS product and the teams around it. See how Conflux helped shape the migration → confluxhq.com/all-success-stories/c…
iBwave’s move to Azure wasn’t just a hosting change. It pushed a rethink of its SaaS product and the teams around it.

See how Conflux helped shape the migration → https://confluxhq.com/all-success-stories/cloud-readiness-and-flow-architectures-at-ibwave
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 01/10/2026
It's great to be here at Product Heroes conference in Milano. Superb conversations with experienced, kind people. What a super community. www.productheroes.it/product-hero...
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 01/10/2026
When we published Team Topologies in 2019, AI agents weren’t on our radar. Rob Price asked: do the ideas still hold up? (Spoiler: "yes!") Listen here → matthewskelton.com/all-videos-and-p…
When we published Team Topologies in 2019, AI agents weren’t on our radar. Rob Price asked: do the ideas still hold up?

(Spoiler: "yes!")

Listen here → https://matthewskelton.com/all-videos-and-podcast-episodes/team-topologies-for-agentic-ai-the-futurise-podcast-with-rob-price-s2e18
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 30/09/2026
Looking forward to reading the new OOPSI book by Jenny Martin 📓 Genuinely transformational ideas and practices here...
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 30/09/2026
Leadership teams can use the same AI language while solving different problems. The Roundtable Accelerator brings those conversations together. Explore it here → confluxhq.com/shop/p/roundtable-acc…
Leadership teams can use the same AI language while solving different problems. The Roundtable Accelerator brings those conversations together.

Explore it here → https://confluxhq.com/shop/p/roundtable-accelerator-strategic-leadership-alignment-for-ai-adoption
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 29/09/2026
A simple Product Operating Model check: ask a team, “What do you own from start to finish?” If the answer is mostly handoffs, there’s still work to do. Explore the accelerator → teamtopologies.com/pom
A simple Product Operating Model check: ask a team, “What do you own from start to finish?” If the answer is mostly handoffs, there’s still work to do.

Explore the accelerator → https://teamtopologies.com/pom
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 28/09/2026
Useful knowledge shouldn’t stay in one team. AI makes shared context even more important. Explore my Adapt Together keynote → matthewskelton.com/keynote-talks/ad…
Useful knowledge shouldn’t stay in one team. AI makes shared context even more important.

Explore my Adapt Together keynote → https://matthewskelton.com/keynote-talks/adapt-together-for-ai-success-enhancing-value-flow-with-curated-context-and-knowledge-diffusion
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 25/09/2026
Moving to the cloud did more than just change the technology at iBwave. It also required a rethink of the product and how teams were organized around it. You can see how we helped shape that transition → confluxhq.com/all-success-stories/c…
Moving to the cloud did more than just change the technology at iBwave. It also required a rethink of the product and how teams were organized around it. You can see how we helped shape that transition → https://confluxhq.com/all-success-stories/cloud-readiness-and-flow-architectures-at-ibwave
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 24/09/2026
A Product Operating Model only becomes real when teams know what they own and feel confident working differently. Explore the Team Topologies Product Operating Model Accelerator → teamtopologies.com/pom
A Product Operating Model only becomes real when teams know what they own and feel confident working differently.

Explore the Team Topologies Product Operating Model Accelerator → https://teamtopologies.com/pom
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 23/09/2026
What happens to Team Topologies when AI agents join the way teams work? Responsibility matters even more. You can find the discussion here → matthewskelton.com/all-videos-and-p…
What happens to Team Topologies when AI agents join the way teams work? Responsibility matters even more.

You can find the discussion here → https://matthewskelton.com/all-videos-and-podcast-episodes/team-topologies-for-agentic-ai-the-futurise-podcast-with-rob-price-s2e18
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 22/09/2026
AI needs context too. Useful knowledge can’t stay trapped in one team. Explore the Adapt Together keynote → matthewskelton.com/keynote-talks/ad…
AI needs context too. Useful knowledge can’t stay trapped in one team.

Explore the Adapt Together keynote → https://matthewskelton.com/keynote-talks/adapt-together-for-ai-success-enhancing-value-flow-with-curated-context-and-knowledge-diffusion
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 21/09/2026
AI adoption isn’t one decision. Leaders need to align on how work changes, who owns what, and what readiness means. Explore the Roundtable Accelerator → confluxhq.com/shop/p/roundtable-acc…
AI adoption isn’t one decision. Leaders need to align on how work changes, who owns what, and what readiness means.

Explore the Roundtable Accelerator → https://confluxhq.com/shop/p/roundtable-accelerator-strategic-leadership-alignment-for-ai-adoption
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 18/09/2026
One team proving a new way of working can be more convincing than another presentation. See how Team Topologies helped at scale → teamtopologies.com/news-blogs-newsl…
One team proving a new way of working can be more convincing than another presentation. See how Team Topologies helped at scale → https://teamtopologies.com/news-blogs-newsletters/banking-at-scale-a-blueprint-for-delivery-transformation-using-team-topologies
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 17/09/2026
If a client asked, “Are you comfortable working with Team Topologies?”, how consistent would your team’s answers be? The Fluency Program helps build that shared understanding. Explore it here → teamtopologies.com/fluency
If a client asked, “Are you comfortable working with Team Topologies?”, how consistent would your team’s answers be? The Fluency Program helps build that shared understanding.

Explore it here → https://teamtopologies.com/fluency
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 16/09/2026
LHV Bank didn’t solve growth by adding more teams. It rethought where responsibility should sit. Read the full story → confluxhq.com/all-success-stories/n…
LHV Bank didn’t solve growth by adding more teams. It rethought where responsibility should sit.

Read the full story → https://confluxhq.com/all-success-stories/nimble-scaling-lhv-bank-accelerates-value-flow-and-strategic-alignment-through-team-topologies
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 15/09/2026
Before giving AI more freedom, I’d give it a fence... Bounded agency means clear limits and responsibility. Read my conversation with Stackmint → matthewskelton.com/all-articles/sta…
Before giving AI more freedom, I’d give it a fence... Bounded agency means clear limits and responsibility.

Read my conversation with Stackmint → https://matthewskelton.com/all-articles/stackmint-bounded-agency-why-enterprise-ai-needs-governance-before-autonomy
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 14/09/2026
AI can add huge capacity. But if teams are still waiting on decisions or unclear on ownership, it may only speed up the confusion... Explore the idea here → confluxhq.com/insight/ai-native-ope…
AI can add huge capacity. But if teams are still waiting on decisions or unclear on ownership, it may only speed up the confusion...

Explore the idea here → https://confluxhq.com/insight/ai-native-operating-models-critical-pathways-to-enhanced-value-delivery
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 13/09/2026
Today's #bicontrast 🎨🔳 photo: late summer flowers against a big sky. #photography
B&W: tall flowers against a big nearly cloudless skyColor: tall yellow flowers against a blue sky
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 12/09/2026
Today's #bicontrast 🎨🔳 photo - a wall in Bratislava #photography
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 11/09/2026
Platform Engineering is about making something teams can trust. Clear ownership and good interfaces make all the difference. Find the full talk here → matthewskelton.com/keynote-talks/ke…
Platform Engineering is about making something teams can trust. Clear ownership and good interfaces make all the difference.

Find the full talk here → https://matthewskelton.com/keynote-talks/keynote-platform-engineering-done-well
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 10/09/2026
The best part of the Practical Data Community meetup was seeing people focus on meaningful AI output. Shared context makes the difference: matthewskelton.com/all-videos-and-p…
The best part of the Practical Data Community meetup was seeing people focus on meaningful AI output. Shared context makes the difference: https://matthewskelton.com/all-videos-and-podcast-episodes/practical-data-community-meetup-team-topologies-adapt-together-and-effective-use-of-ai-for-writing
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 09/09/2026
Aligned domains matter even more with AI. When teams share a clear domain and understand what they own, AI can support the work instead of adding noise. It’s the simplest way to make AI useful across an organization. Find the full read here → teamtopologies.com/ai-success
Aligned domains matter even more with AI. When teams share a clear domain and understand what they own, AI can support the work instead of adding noise. It’s the simplest way to make AI useful across an organization.

Find the full read here  → https://teamtopologies.com/ai-success
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 08/09/2026
Looking forward to reading my copy of Collective Confidence by Andre Martin. "The winning formula of the world's best teams" 📘
White guy with short black/silver hair holding a book called Collective Confidence. In ther background is a bookcase with many books.
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 08/09/2026
AI thrives on organizational foundations. When teams have clear responsibilities and simple ways to work together, AI strengthens that. When they don’t, it mostly magnifies the friction: teamtopologies.com/news-blogs-newsl…
AI thrives on organizational foundations.  When teams have clear responsibilities and simple ways to work together, AI strengthens that. When they don’t, it mostly magnifies the friction: https://teamtopologies.com/news-blogs-newsletters/why-team-topologies-is-the-essential-foundation-for-ai-roi
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 07/09/2026
Fast flow often starts with finally seeing how work really moves. That’s what stood out at EBSCO: data made the real patterns visible, and teams could act with confidence. Full story → confluxhq.com/ebsco
Fast flow often starts with finally seeing how work really moves. That’s what stood out at EBSCO: data made the real patterns visible, and teams could act with confidence.

Full story → https://confluxhq.com/ebsco
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 04/09/2026
AI can accomplish a great deal. The more challenging question is if your organization is structured to use it effectively. Team Topologies offers a framework for considering the clear boundaries and necessary context that AI also requires. Explore AI success → teamtopologies.com/ai-success
AI can accomplish a great deal. The more challenging question is if your organization is structured to use it effectively. Team Topologies offers a framework for considering the clear boundaries and necessary context that AI also requires.

Explore AI success → https://teamtopologies.com/ai-success
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 03/09/2026
Agentic AI doesn’t mean starting from scratch. Clear roles help people work well... they help AI too. Explore Team Topologies' blog on this → teamtopologies.com/news-blogs-newsl…
Agentic AI doesn’t mean starting from scratch. Clear roles help people work well... they help AI too.

Explore Team Topologies' blog on this → https://teamtopologies.com/news-blogs-newsletters/how-do-team-topologies-principles-support-an-organizations-readiness-for-agentic-ai
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 02/09/2026
Telenet made the Team Topologies ideas we introduced its own. That’s how this work should happen. You can read the full story here → confluxhq.com/all-success-stories/e…
Telenet made the Team Topologies ideas we introduced its own. That’s how this work should happen.

You can read the full story here → https://confluxhq.com/all-success-stories/empowering-enterprise-evolution-how-conflux-sowed-the-seeds-of-telenets-whole-organization-transformation
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 01/09/2026
AI lets us create software incredibly quickly. The bigger question: who looks after what gets created? Human teams still need to own the outcome. I explore this deeper → matthewskelton.com/blog/reframing-t…
AI lets us create software incredibly quickly. The bigger question: who looks after what gets created?

Human teams still need to own the outcome.

I explore this deeper → https://matthewskelton.com/blog/reframing-the-ai-native-sdlc-in-terms-of-stewardship-boundaries
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 31/08/2026
AI can give organisations much more capacity, but would people know what to do with it? That’s why the leadership side matters. Explore our Conflux roundtable → confluxhq.com/shop/p/leadership-rou…
AI can give organisations much more capacity, but would people know what to do with it?

That’s why the leadership side matters.

Explore our Conflux roundtable → https://confluxhq.com/shop/p/leadership-roundtable-leadership-for-the-ai-savvy-organization
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 29/08/2026
Example of #Bicontrast 🎨🔳 - a daily mindful approach to photography. One shot, two versions, both of which are appealing. 📷 Ferns in North Wales. 🌿
B&W Photo: ferns growing from a wall with roofs behind out of focus.Colour Photo: ferns growing from a wall with roofs behind out of focus.
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 28/08/2026
Companies usually don't slow down because of one giant screw-up. It's typically just a bunch of small frictions quietly building up around teams. The 2nd of Team Topologies goes into more depth on how to catch those things earlier → www.teamtopologies.com/book
Companies usually don't slow down because of one giant screw-up. It's typically just a bunch of small frictions quietly building up around teams. The 2nd of Team Topologies goes into more depth on how to catch those things earlier → https://www.teamtopologies.com/book
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 21/08/2026
It’s surprising how much unnecessary friction teams slowly learn to work around. The 2nd edition of Team Topologies looks at how to recognise those patterns and make work flow more easily again. Explore the 2nd edition → www.teamtopologies.com/book
It’s surprising how much unnecessary friction teams slowly learn to work around.

The 2nd edition of Team Topologies looks at how to recognise those patterns and make work flow more easily again. Explore the 2nd edition → https://www.teamtopologies.com/book
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 14/08/2026
Organizations are always changing, and the ways that help teams work well need to change too. The second edition of Team Topologies includes new ideas, updated examples, and practical advice for making work flow better. Explore the book → www.teamtopologies.com/book
Organizations are always changing, and the ways that help teams work well need to change too. The second edition of Team Topologies includes new ideas, updated examples, and practical advice for making work flow better.

Explore the book → https://www.teamtopologies.com/book
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 11/08/2026
Thank you to all colleagues at Conflux (past and present): it's 9 years since I founded the company (according to Slack!). Looking forward to the next 9... confluxhq.com/ai
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 07/08/2026
We've recently made it easier for leaders and practitioners to adopt Team Topologies in a guided way at scale. We now have three accelerators that use Team Topologies to drive success: - AI workforce readiness - Product Operating Model - Platform Engineering ➡️ teamtopologies.com/scale
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 03/08/2026
ETANO is a leadership uplift and awareness program for everyone leading and shaping AI adoption in every knowledge-work context. Join me with your colleagues: ➡️ etano.ai
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 29/07/2026
When people discuss AI agents, I usually ask a different question: What should we allow the AI to decide? Explore the keynote → matthewskelton.com/keynote-talks/te…
When people discuss AI agents, I usually ask a different question: What should we allow the AI to decide?

Explore the keynote → https://matthewskelton.com/keynote-talks/team-topologies-as-the-infrastructure-for-agency-with-ai
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 26/07/2026
New: Digital Practitioner Toolkit - a collection of tools to enhance effectiveness in digital roles: - Getting hired during disruption - Slide design for maximum impact talks - How and why to write a professional book (coming soon) ➡️ matthewskelton.com/dpt
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 23/07/2026
Every organisation has a few things that nobody questions anymore. "A meeting that's always been there". "An approval everyone waits for". "A process nobody remembers creating". Explore the patterns behind growing complexity in the 2nd edition → www.teamtopologies.com/book
Every organisation has a few things that nobody questions anymore.

"A meeting that's always been there".
"An approval everyone waits for".
"A process nobody remembers creating".

Explore the patterns behind growing complexity in the 2nd edition → https://www.teamtopologies.com/book
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 22/07/2026
In the past 6 months, I've seen in increase in the number of RFPs and stakeholder asks that specify Team Topologies expertise. Take advantage of our Team Topologies Fluency Program to stand out from the crowd and demonstrate fluency: ➡️ teamtopologies.com/fluency
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 21/07/2026
Our new report, "The Organizational Foundation for AI ROI". Many organizations find that bringing in AI also makes them rethink how work gets done and how teams cooperate → teamtopologies.com/all-mini-books/e…
Our new report, "The Organizational Foundation for AI ROI". Many organizations find that bringing in AI also makes them rethink how work gets done and how teams cooperate → https://teamtopologies.com/all-mini-books/executive-report-the-organizational-foundation-for-ai-roi-with-team-topologies
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 17/07/2026
I’ve noticed that some of the best ideas come from giving people the space to learn from one another. This story shows how internal conferences can help organizations adapt → adapttogether.info/all-case-studies…
I’ve noticed that some of the best ideas come from giving people the space to learn from one another.

This story shows how internal conferences can help organizations adapt → https://adapttogether.info/all-case-studies/cultivating-alignment-and-innovation-through-internal-conferences-at-tillo
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 17/07/2026
AI-native organizations: Designed and Governed - one of our new core service offerings at Conflux. We've been doing very similar work for about 6 years, and now with an AI flavor. Get in touch to make it happen. ➡️ confluxhq.com/ai
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 16/07/2026
A sentence I hear surprisingly often is: "We've become slower, but we don't know why". The real issue is often much more subtle. ⭕ One more approval needed ⭕ One more handoff We explore these ideas in the second edition of Team Topologies → www.teamtopologies.com/book
A sentence I hear surprisingly often is: "We've become slower, but we don't know why".

The real issue is often much more subtle.

⭕ One more approval needed
⭕ One more handoff

We explore these ideas in the second edition of Team Topologies → https://www.teamtopologies.com/book
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 12/07/2026
AI is changing the way companies need to execute. That's the core idea behind ETANO: Engineering the AI-Native Organization. ETANO is a leadership uplift and awareness program for everyone leading and shaping AI adoption in every knowledge-work context. More details here → etano.ai
AI is changing the way companies need to execute. That's the core idea behind ETANO: Engineering the AI-Native Organization. ETANO is a leadership uplift and awareness program for everyone leading and shaping AI adoption in every knowledge-work context. 

More details here → https://etano.ai/
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 10/07/2026
A question I find myself asking more often is: Who decides? Not who owns the work, but who has the authority to make the decision when it matters. We expanded a lot of our thinking on topics like this in the 2nd edition of Team Topologies → www.teamtopologies.com/book
A question I find myself asking more often is: Who decides?  Not who owns the work, but who has the authority to make the decision when it matters.

We expanded a lot of our thinking on topics like this in the 2nd edition of Team Topologies → https://www.teamtopologies.com/book
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Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com · 02/07/2026
Have you ever finished a busy day and wondered what you actually got done? I’ve found that the problem often is not the work itself, but constant interruptions. Sometimes teams do not need to work harder; they need more space to focus. We explore this idea → www.teamtopologies.com/book
Have you ever finished a busy day and wondered what you actually got done?

I’ve found that the problem often is not the work itself, but constant interruptions. Sometimes teams do not need to work harder; they need more space to focus.

We explore this idea → https://www.teamtopologies.com/book
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