My name is Antony Chane-Hive. I joined Mercari in 2018 as an Engineer and I’m currently an Engineering Manager in

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An engineering manager reflects on navigating constant organizational change through the lens of psychological safety, Self-Determination Theory, and Dynamic Reteaming. The piece explores how change depletes autonomy, competence, and relatedness, and how admitting uncertainty accelerates learning. Rather than waiting for stability, the author learned to rebuild these psychological needs while the ground keeps shifting, treating adaptability as more valuable than domain expertise in unstable environments.

Navigating Change: Learning to Reinvent in an Unstable World

Part 3: The Space between Exhaustion and Curiosity

Part 4: The Organization as a Fluid System