
Author
Elisabeth Hendrickson
Curious Duck
Elisabeth Hendrickson is a technology leader with over thirty years of experience in the tech industry, having led geographically distributed teams of engineers, product managers, and designers as VP R&D at a publicly traded company and VP Engineering at a Series B startup. She is the author of Explore It! and There's Always a Duck , and currently works with technology leaders to improve collaboration, decision making, and execution. Her philosophy centers on putting people first, focusing on incremental delivery and learning, and recognizing that there are many right ways to achieve outcomes depending on context, making her methodology-agnostic while emphasizing the importance of tight feedback loops and collaborative partnerships.

Newest · 2026
Signals and Levers
In Signals & Levers, Elisabeth Hendrickson—former VP R&D at Pivotal and author of the enduring Explore It!—and Joel Tosi—who has spent 25+ years delivering software and a decade helping teams stop “change theater”—teach you to see through the illusions that pl
Free · Creative Commons
In the library · 6
Track record
Publications, talks, and the roles they came out of — one thread, newest first.
Guidance paperSignals and Levers
Guidance paperRevenge of QA
Guidance paperNavigating the New Reality
Guidance paperScaling Automated Governance
Guidance paperGood Consulting
Guidance paperWinning Together
TalkInfluence > Authority and Other Principles of Leadership
TalkData and DevOps: Breaking Down the Silos
TalkIts All About Feedback
TalkOn the Care and Feeding of Feedback Cycles
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