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Unmanaged
n the frantic pursuit of equity money, a merger or an IPO, at some point we forgot about doing good technology and engineering. Once an activity where excellence, objectivity and a methodical approach were the norm, engineers have acquiesced to marketing departments, financiers and ambitious sales teams taking the helm, offering products that do not exist in schedules that are impossible to meet for markets that are just mirages. What is more, C-teams have embraced the practice of flooding companies with managers with dubious credentials and inflated CVs. The result? Organizations that prioritize landing a headline in specialized media over designing and developing products people need.
Every time a company goes belly up, there are a myriad of post-mortem reports and in-depth analyses written trying to explain, in total hindsight, what went wrong and what could have been done differently. Companies do not die all of a sudden in a dramatic final pirouette, but due to the progression of small, incremental vices and bad practices that end up turning great ideas into failed corporations.
The book is a curated collection of essays repurposed into very short chapters, stemming from the author’s works at Managers Everywhere.
Every time a company goes belly up, there are a myriad of post-mortem reports and in-depth analyses written trying to explain, in total hindsight, what went wrong and what could have been done differently. Companies do not die all of a sudden in a dramatic final pirouette, but due to the progression of small, incremental vices and bad practices that end up turning great ideas into failed corporations.
The book is a curated collection of essays repurposed into very short chapters, stemming from the author’s works at Managers Everywhere.
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Published August 13, 2022
About the author
Ignacio Chechile
7 books2 followers(English)
Ignacio Chechile is an engineer living in Helsinki. He has published a book titled NewSpace Systems Engineering (Springer, 2021), which tackles the challenges of creating complex technology in the context of early-stage startups, and another book titled "Space Technology: A Short Introduction" in 2023 (Springer). He has independently published a free e-book in Spanish called La Ciencia Dura, which explores the hurdles and beauties of STEM and studying engineering. His new book, "Engineering is Broken: We Are Doing It The Wrong Way" —scheduled for April 2026—is an in-depth analysis of the engineering practice in times of red tape and AI.
(Spanish)
Ignacio Chechile es un ingeniero argentino radicado en Helsinki, Finlandia. Publicó un libro titulado "NewSpace Systems Engineering" (Springer, 2021, en inglés) donde se aboca a describir el proceso de diseñar sistemas espaciales en el contexto de lo que se llama "NewSpace" que es una industria global con un gran componente "startup" con ciclos de vida cortos y diseños de bajo costo. También publicó de forma independiente un libro gratuito en español llamado "La Ciencia Dura" que se adentra en el pensamiento sistémico y en los desafíos de las carreras STEM. En 2023 publicó "Space Technology: A Short Introduction" a través de Springer, y en 2026 publica su último libro "Engineering is Broken", una suerte de ensayo analítico sobre la práctica de la ingeniería en tiempos de burocracia e IA.
Ignacio Chechile is an engineer living in Helsinki. He has published a book titled NewSpace Systems Engineering (Springer, 2021), which tackles the challenges of creating complex technology in the context of early-stage startups, and another book titled "Space Technology: A Short Introduction" in 2023 (Springer). He has independently published a free e-book in Spanish called La Ciencia Dura, which explores the hurdles and beauties of STEM and studying engineering. His new book, "Engineering is Broken: We Are Doing It The Wrong Way" —scheduled for April 2026—is an in-depth analysis of the engineering practice in times of red tape and AI.
(Spanish)
Ignacio Chechile es un ingeniero argentino radicado en Helsinki, Finlandia. Publicó un libro titulado "NewSpace Systems Engineering" (Springer, 2021, en inglés) donde se aboca a describir el proceso de diseñar sistemas espaciales en el contexto de lo que se llama "NewSpace" que es una industria global con un gran componente "startup" con ciclos de vida cortos y diseños de bajo costo. También publicó de forma independiente un libro gratuito en español llamado "La Ciencia Dura" que se adentra en el pensamiento sistémico y en los desafíos de las carreras STEM. En 2023 publicó "Space Technology: A Short Introduction" a través de Springer, y en 2026 publica su último libro "Engineering is Broken", una suerte de ensayo analítico sobre la práctica de la ingeniería en tiempos de burocracia e IA.
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