https://rmmartins.com/tags/leadership/ Recent content in Leadership on Ricardo Martins — Cloud Architecture, Azure, Kubernetes & AI https://rmmartins.com/images/profile.png https://rmmartins.com/images/profile.png Hugo en-US Wed, 06 May 2026 18:05:48 -0400 https://rmmartins.com/2026/03/24/something-my-manager-said-today-that-stayed-with-me/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0400 https://rmmartins.com/2026/03/24/something-my-manager-said-today-that-stayed-with-me/ <p>Had a 1:1 last week. Nothing unusual, just a regular conversation, catching up on things. But there was one moment that stayed with me after the call ended.</p> <p>At some point he said he usually thinks about people in four different ways. Not as an official framework or anything like that, just how he personally sees it. And I don&rsquo;t know, the way he explained it felt simple, but it kind of stuck.</p> https://rmmartins.com/2026/02/09/responsibility-trade-offs-and-learning-at-ai-scale/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0400 https://rmmartins.com/2026/02/09/responsibility-trade-offs-and-learning-at-ai-scale/ <p>Over the past year, I&rsquo;ve been working closely with some of the bigger and more visible AI customers in Microsoft&rsquo;s ecosystem. Large platforms. Fast-moving teams. High expectations. High stakes.</p> <p>On paper, that kind of visibility sounds exciting. In reality, it comes with a weight that&rsquo;s hard to explain unless you&rsquo;ve been there.</p> <p>Because being close to impact also means being close to consequence.</p> <h2 id="visibility-changes-everything">Visibility changes everything</h2> <p>When you work with smaller teams or early-stage projects, mistakes are usually contained. You can recover. You can explain. You can iterate.</p>