https://www.aaronheld.com/tags/vision/ Recent content in Vision on Aaron Held's Blog Hugo -- 0.146.0 en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:59:57 -0400 https://www.aaronheld.com/post/the-north-star-vision-for-engineering/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.aaronheld.com/post/the-north-star-vision-for-engineering/ <p>I&rsquo;ve watched talented engineering teams burn out not from working too hard, but from working without direction. The pattern is always the same: leadership announces a new strategic pivot every quarter, teams scramble to adjust, morale craters, and your best people start updating their LinkedIn profiles.</p> <p>The problem isn&rsquo;t the changes themselves. It&rsquo;s that without a guiding vision, every shift feels like a complete reversal rather than a necessary course correction.</p>