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
- Team Size: I've worked with exceptional teams that had 2 people and all the way up to 13+. These are some thoughts about the considerations that I have when forming a team and wondering how big the team should be.
- 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.
- Stability: What does "Stability" have to do with teams? How will changes to the team's composition, processes, and more impact them?
- An Introduction to the Balanced Scorecard: -
- Leadership: Ryan Latta helps technical leaders build high-performing teams, improve delivery, and develop their leadership skills.
- My AI Agents Don't Think QA is Important. 🪳: -
- Installing a Package: -
- When It Hurts To Much Leave: A reminder that you don't have to endure a job that causes pain, doubt, and suffering.
- Home: Ryan Latta builds better teams, better products, better software, and better jobs.
- Agile Transformation In 4 Acts: Agile transformations at large companies are fascinating. Here's a pattern of how they play all too often.