Tell Bjorn the Wallace org is not over-staffed and may still need to grow - and hold the security-engineer ask for a couple of months
Sep 16, 2026 · strategy · medium73% confidence
Bjorn asked Peter two deliberately separated questions: is Steve org rightly sized, and is Steve the right person to lead it. On sizing Peter answered that it is rightly sized, meaning it does not need to get smaller - he was ruling out shrinking, not ruling out growth. He brought numbers to the answer: ticket volume, growth in volume, and average life of tickets, which show the team getting swamped. He noted that Karl may help once he is in, spending time on the Mother Brain and Atlas work and also automating some things in that area, but this was named as possible relief rather than as a plan that removes the need for headcount - the org may also need to grow. Peter then flagged that at some point, and by someday he meant the next couple of months, he wants to talk to Bjorn and Greg about a security engineer under Steve again.
People: Bjorn Hovland, Steve Wallace, Karl Lowenbjer