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Building faster in the wrong direction is still the wrong direction.
The output trap – measuring progress by features shipped, velocity hit, tickets closed – has always been a risk. AI is making it more dangerous. When shipping faster takes less effort, it's easier than ever to be busy moving in the wrong direction.
Mike Fisher spent six years as CTO of Etsy, leading an engineering organisation of nearly a thousand people. He's seen what it looks like when teams confuse speed for progress. His answer: build the right thing, then build it well.
Mike will share how to stay outcome-driven when shipping velocity is the loudest voice in the room.
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– Mike Fisher, CEO of MyFitnessPal and ex-CTO of Etsy
🦖 Leadership is a behaviour, not a title: it shows up in how you act, not what’s on your business card.
🦖 A manager’s job is to unlock thinking, not to provide all the answers.
🦖 Trust and genuine care are what make feedback and growth conversations effective.
🦖 Outcomes matter more than output: especially when AI is accelerating how fast teams ship.
🦖 The future of engineering leadership is human + AI orchestration, with leaders guiding both people and agents.
🦖 How Brands Grow by Byron Sharp
🦖 The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
🦖 The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
🦖 Fluke by Brian Klaas
🦖 Slow Productivity and Deep Work by Cal Newport
🦖 Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg
🦖 How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg
🦖 Hidden Potential by Adam Grant
🦖 Think Again by Adam Grant
🦖 Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
🦖 Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt
🦖 Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
🦖 The Wisdom of the Bullfrog by Admiral McRaven
🦖 It’s Your Ship by Captain Abrashoff
🦖 Grit by Angela Duckworth
🦖 Turn the Ship Around! by Captain David Marquet
🦖 Inspired by Marty Cagan
🦖 Transformed by Marty Cagan
View our hub for practical lessons, honest conversations, and actionable resources to help you lead stronger engineering teams, navigate AI, and grow as a tech leader.
Mike Fisher (Fish) is the CEO of MyFitnessPal and a technology executive with deep roots in engineering, entrepreneurship, and military service. He has served as CTO at Etsy and Quigo, co-founded AKF Partners, and led engineering at PayPal. A West Point graduate and former U.S. Army helicopter pilot, Fish brings a blend of military discipline and tech leadership experience to everything he does.
He holds a PhD and MBA from Case Western Reserve University, is an adjunct professor and Fulbright Specialist, and is the co-author of three books on scalability and product strategy. He holds seven patents and has spent his career building systems and teams that scale. He writes weekly at his Substack: Fish Food for Thought.
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