There is no perfect balance. If you have the awareness of the extremes you can adjust course. A little goes a long way. If you are see that your organization i

There is no perfect balance. If you have the awareness of the extremes you can adjust course. A little goes a long way. If you are see that your organization is too chaotic, you should put some structure and discipline in place to curb the tech debt and chaos. You’d be surprised by how far adding in basic listing and teaching the team to use it will get you. You can add automated testing after that, and move on to other initiatives. Similarly if you are in a resume-oriented development organization, bring attention to business outcomes through little initiatives. Make your engineers attend at least one sales or support call per month. Explain the company budget. Show the true costs of going with the flavor of the month. You can foster change bit by bit. Things will get more balanced if you continually do it. It is tough though. You are fighting a culture battle. Changing peoples mindsets and habits is a long process. You won’t get overt support and you won’t see immediate results. But it’s worth it.