https://blog.girishshekhar.com/tags/operating-model/Recent content in Operating-Model on Girish ShekharHugo -- 0.163.3en-usSun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.girishshekhar.com/posts/scaling-as-a-pe/2-multiply-impact-through-mechanisms/Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.girishshekhar.com/posts/scaling-as-a-pe/2-multiply-impact-through-mechanisms/Principal Engineers often default to technical authority as their primary lever. But at staff-plus scope, the PEs who scale effectively are the ones who build mechanisms—borrowed from managers and TPMs—that carry their judgment into rooms they’ll never enter. This post covers how to identify, build, and deploy those mechanisms without waiting for permission.