Better Teams, Better Products, Better Software, and Better Jobs.
I'm glad you're here! Whether you're looking for help making your teams the best they can be, bringing a new product to market, or are interested in getting a better job, Ryan has over a decade of experience helping companies and individuals find, "Better."
Getting Around
I write about a lot of topics and I have helped lots of folks over the years. This site is something like a beautiful mess of all of it. I'm not pretending everything here is well thought-out or even spell-checked.
Main Focuses
- Leadership - I excel at building and leading exceptional software teams. You can learn my tricks, ideas, theories, and such here.
- Product Management - From start-ups to Fortune 10 companies, from discovery to scale, I've brought amazing products to market.
- Careers - Getting a job is soul-crushing. It turns out I'm really good at it and I have lots to share if you're in tech.
This is new. I want to capture some of the stuff that is rattling around in my brain. So one part guide and one part reference.
I've done a fair amount of speaking at conferences and such. Take a look.
Flotsam & Jetsam 🎣
Beekeeping 🐝
Yep, I'm a beekeeper. You'll find the occasional bits and bobs about that here as well.
Games
Well, more specifically TTRPGs. Check it out!
reko.day
reko.day is my start-up. It is the easiest way to buy and sell local. You will likely find me working-in-public here.
Recent Updates
- Land the Job - Online Class: Master everything from resumes to salary negotiation with my online classes and coaching to your next job in tech.
- Skill Composition: When it comes to building high-performing software teams, you need the right composition of skills. This involves several considerations that I describe in detail.
- Skill Liquidity Assessment: When you're building teams you have to know the right mix of skills for success. The Skill Liquidity assessment that Cat Swetel taught me is perfect for this.
- Building Self Managed Teams: Unlock the power of a self-managed team! Discover the definition, benefits, and strategies for fostering autonomy and effective self-management in your team.
- Home: Ryan Latta builds better teams, better products, better software, and better jobs.
- Want your teams to take ownership. Here's why they aren't and how you can fix it.: -
- Careers: Navigate your career so you have the lifestyle you deserve
- Building an Agenda - The Spine: The essentials of building a collaborative meeting agenda. I call it a "Spine."
- Identifying the Purpose: The essentials of developing a meeting's purpose. Without this, your meeting will fail.
- Planning the Meeting: The overall process to plan a meeting that doesn't suck is involved, time-consuming, and well worth it. Here are the steps and some rules to follow.