Engineering leadership playbook, 2025: Three lessons every engineering leader needs this year

Learn three key lessons to lead AI adoption, build remote teams, and strengthen engineering culture.

Speakers: Lucas Mendes

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June 25, 2025

2025 is the first year where every engineering leader is also an AI leader, and the ground is still shifting. After interviewing dozens of VPs and CTOs for Tech Teams Today, Revelo CEO Lucas Mendes identified patterns that separate thriving teams from those treading water.

In this 10-minute lightning talk, Lucas focuses on three of the most urgent lessons:

How to pace AI adoption deliberately, balancing ROI with risk tolerance and team readiness
Why ownership beats output, and how that mindset powers rituals that strengthen remote teams and reduce Zoom fatigue
Why top leaders stay close to the work, not by micromanaging but by reinforcing principles – especially for junior engineers

He’ll briefly reflect on why AI alone doesn’t unlock productivity. Human judgment still matters most. Attendees leave with a pragmatic audit worksheet and a 30-day action plan to future-proof culture, process, and team design, with no product pitch.

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