Wrote a few blog posts that I’ll be sharing. 

First one: Atomic Teams

https://zachperret.com/2025/03/25/atomic-teams/

I’d encourage everybody to read the founder of Plaid’s recent post on Atomic Teams. Fucking brilliant. 

My favorite section: “A shit umbrella (and a cheerleader). Atomic teams need someone to play shit umbrella, and to protect them from the machinations and slowness of Big Company Process (BCP). They also need someone to rally the team through hard times, or cheer them on when they succeed. Likewise, they may need someone to help them secure more resources or break through organizational slowness and blockers. The shit-umbrella-cheerleader should probably only spend 5-10% of their time with the team, and must be careful not to give too much direction or be a backseat quarterback.”