Jun 15, 2026 · 19 min · 9 segments
Dr. PK explores the systemic issues in organisational structures that impact engineers' confidence and productivity. He discusses organisational dysfunctions like unfairness, control issues, and…
Paulin KantueHost
Not because, you know, it's just a lack of capability, but because it's just the system that, that they operate with- within is full of confusion, full of friction, and full of frustration really.
So this episode is really all about unpacking the system, unpacking what that means, and, and we're gonna start with that really.
We're gonna start with what, what does that mean, right? Um, so if we go into that, you can imagine there is a certain level of frustration that comes with unclear ownership, certain level of frustration that comes with contradictory per- per-priorities, where it usually hits you late at night [chuckles] where you start thinking about, "My goodness, what, what's going on? Am I the problem? Am I the one really? That's, that's really-- Am I, am I really at fault here?" Because that's how I feel.
I think some of you who have followed this channel would have probably watched or seen a MoloMolo Tech, Africans Tech Stories at the time, podcast regarding, man, my insecurities, my imposter syndrome.
All of that gets amplified when the system is broken and, and you often ask yourself, "Man, what, what do I do with that? How do I, how do I move forward with that?" And, and we're gonna unpack it.
So there is a specific study that was done, what they, they call them the, the burnout researcher, you know, Michael Leiter, um, and Christina Maslach, and it really talks about what is it that causes us or organizations to get into that level of dysfunction and, and, and really that's really what it's about.
So the anchor story, like I said, is really the cycle of systemic confusion, and it's really an organizational issue, right? Um, it's an organizational issue in the sense that...
Not because, you know, it's just a lack of capability, but because it's just the system that, that they operate with- within is full of confusion, full of friction, and full of frustration really.
So this episode is really all about unpacking the system, unpacking what that means, and, and we're gonna start with that really.
We're gonna start with what, what does that mean, right? Um, so if we go into that, you can imagine there is a certain level of frustration that comes with unclear ownership, certain level of frustration that comes with contradictory per- per-priorities, where it usually hits you late at night [chuckles] where you start thinking about, "My goodness, what, what's going on? Am I the problem? Am I the one really? That's, that's really-- Am I, am I really at fault here?" Because that's how I feel.
I think some of you who have followed this channel would have probably watched or seen a MoloMolo Tech, Africans Tech Stories at the time, podcast regarding, man, my insecurities, my imposter syndrome.
All of that gets amplified when the system is broken and, and you often ask yourself, "Man, what, what do I do with that? How do I, how do I move forward with that?" And, and we're gonna unpack it.
So there is a specific study that was done, what they, they call them the, the burnout researcher, you know, Michael Leiter, um, and Christina Maslach, and it really talks about what is it that causes us or organizations to get into that level of dysfunction and, and, and really that's really what it's about.
So the anchor story, like I said, is really the cycle of systemic confusion, and it's really an organizational issue, right? Um, it's an organizational issue in the sense that...
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