The article argues that managers function as catalysts in technology organizations by lowering the activation energy needed for change, and that recent industry trends declaring management dead have backfired—notably at Facebook, where dramatic manager reductions led to a 40% increase in incidents and declining team sentiment despite higher code output. The author contends that good management has become essential as the industry moves beyond the easy-growth 2010s.
Disney hired Karandeep Anand as its first chief technology officer. Anand was previously CEO of Character.AI, an AI startup that Disney accused of infringing on its copyrighted characters in a cease-and-desist letter in September 2025. The hiring suggests new Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro wants the company to embrace new technologies.