--- title: "Surviving in the \"chaos management\" era" url: https://daily.dev/posts/surviving-in-the-chaos-management-era-lm2mzd0vg source_url: https://newsletter.manager.dev/p/surviving-in-the-chaos-management-era type: article source: "Manager.dev" published: 2026-06-02T06:04:30.093Z updated: 2026-06-02T06:04:54.959Z tags: ["career", "leadership"] reading_time: 7 upvotes: 4 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Surviving in the "chaos management" era **[Manager.dev](https://daily.dev/sources/zaidesanton)** · 7 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Engineering managers are navigating an unusually chaotic period marked by AI-driven expectation inflation, widespread layoffs, org flattening, and rapid project pivots. The key argument is that more AI skills are not the answer — what EMs need most are non-technical skills: communicating clearly under pressure, managing up to distracted directors, and persuading stakeholders across the org. Two core skills are highlighted: information compression/decompression (articulating ideas concisely and listening effectively) and persuasion (with five named methods). The most actionable advice is to proactively seek high-quality feedback from senior leaders rather than waiting for it, using specific, focused questions to get past generic praise. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The end of the non-technical engineering manager](https://daily.dev/posts/the-end-of-the-non-technical-engineering-manager-i3iic5a0t) · LeadDev · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - ["Good engineering management" is a fad](https://daily.dev/posts/good-engineering-management-is-a-fad-njqxa3tqy) · Irrational Exuberance · 5 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/surviving-in-the-chaos-management-era-lm2mzd0vg)