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Culture, engagement & motivation

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How to have meetings that don't suck (as much)
16 Apr 2021 Article

How to have meetings that don't suck (as much)

Danielle Leong
Danielle Leong
7 mins
Using engineering principles to create autonomous teams at scale
13 Apr 2021 Article

Using engineering principles to create autonomous teams at scale

Wayne Bell
Wayne Bell
7 mins
What do capuchin monkeys know about motivation that engineering leaders don’t?
30 Mar 2021 Article

What do capuchin monkeys know about motivation that engineering leaders don’t?

Jared Silver
Jared Silver
8 mins
The night the lights went out in Texas
17 Mar 2021 Article

The night the lights went out in Texas

Nickolas Means
Nickolas Means
10 mins
Leading your engineering team with ‘experiments’ not ‘processes’
10 Feb 2021 Article

Leading your engineering team with ‘experiments’ not ‘processes’

Cate Huston
Cate Huston
7 mins
How to write communication guidelines – and live by them
02 Feb 2021 Article

How to write communication guidelines – and live by them

Antonia Landi
Antonia Landi
8 mins
Cloning yourself isn't an option
11 Sep 2015 Video

Cloning yourself isn't an option

Camille Fournier
Camille Fournier
35 mins
How not to burn out your monitoring team
23 Jun 2016 Video

How not to burn out your monitoring team

Gil Zellner
Gil Zellner
12 mins
Centralising the Right Things
21 Feb 2017 Video

Centralising the Right Things

Tom Booth
Tom Booth
14 mins
The building built on stilts
21 Feb 2017 Video

The building built on stilts

Nickolas Means
Nickolas Means
34 mins
Navigating engineering team friction
21 Mar 2018 Video

Navigating engineering team friction

Lara Hogan
Lara Hogan
30 mins
Creating learning workshops for developers
21 Mar 2018 Video

Creating learning workshops for developers

Allison McMillan
Allison McMillan
22 mins
How to make reorgs less terrible
25 Jan 2021 Article

How to make reorgs less terrible

Katie Wilde
Katie Wilde
11 mins
Building a vernacular with your engineering team
08 Jan 2021 Article

Building a vernacular with your engineering team

Kevin Goldsmith
Kevin Goldsmith
4 mins
Gaining insight and preventing misalignment without micromanaging
09 Dec 2020 Article

Gaining insight and preventing misalignment without micromanaging

Camille Fournier
Camille Fournier
5 mins
Bootstrapping a culture of learning in five minutes a day
06 Nov 2020 Article

Bootstrapping a culture of learning in five minutes a day

Matthew Butt
Matthew Butt
6 mins
Trusting the instincts of engineers to foster a culture of innovation
29 Oct 2020 Article

Trusting the instincts of engineers to foster a culture of innovation

Edoardo Turelli
Edoardo Turelli
8 mins
Learnings from 'Placing collaboration at the heart of your technical projects'
25 Nov 2020 Article

Learnings from 'Placing collaboration at the heart of your technical projects'

Ellie Spencer-Failes
Ellie Spencer-Failes
4 mins
Put your hand up: keeping a small-company mindset as you grow
30 Sep 2020 Article

Put your hand up: keeping a small-company mindset as you grow

Photo of Lisa
Lisa Karlin Curtis
7 mins
Learnings from 'Creating a culture of experimentation'
03 Nov 2020 Article

Learnings from 'Creating a culture of experimentation'

Ellie Spencer-Failes
Ellie Spencer-Failes
4 mins
Engineering with empathy
24 Sep 2020 Article

Engineering with empathy

Jossie Haines
Jossie Haines
6 mins
The impact of conversation smells
21 Sep 2020 Article

The impact of conversation smells

James Nichols
James Nichols
13 mins
Creating an inclusive team culture in times of change
08 Sep 2020 Article

Creating an inclusive team culture in times of change

Yenny Cheung
Yenny Cheung
7 mins
In it for the long haul: long-term team building
01 Sep 2020 Article

In it for the long haul: long-term team building

Neha Batra
Neha Batra
11 mins
On engineering impact
05 Sep 2020 Video

On engineering impact

Kevin Stewart
Kevin Stewart
11 mins
Harnessing the power of storytelling to become a better leader
15 Sep 2020 Video

Harnessing the power of storytelling to become a better leader

Kirsten Westeinde
Kirsten Westeinde
13 mins
Eliminating hero culture in software engineering teams
12 Aug 2020 Video

Eliminating hero culture in software engineering teams

Brianna McCullough
Brianna McCullough
17 mins
LeadDev lessons to live by: five things I’ve learned from five years of LeadDev
10 Aug 2020 Article

LeadDev lessons to live by: five things I’ve learned from five years of LeadDev

Ruth Yarnit
Ruth Yarnit
8 mins
Effective meeting facilitation techniques
12 Jun 2019 Video

Effective meeting facilitation techniques

Neha Batra
Neha Batra
16 mins
Engineering teams work better remote-first
30 Apr 2019 Video

Engineering teams work better remote-first

Nassim Kammah
Nassim Kammah
25 mins
Learnings from 'Building an environment for learning and development'
06 Apr 2021 Article

Learnings from 'Building an environment for learning and development'

Ellie Spencer-Failes
Ellie Spencer-Failes
3 mins
The art of self-organizing engineering teams
30 Mar 2021 Article

The art of self-organizing engineering teams

Tom Sommer
Tom Sommer
9 mins
Building happier engineering teams
11 Sep 2015 Video

Building happier engineering teams

Oren Ellenbogen
Oren Ellenbogen
28 mins
How to crash an airplane
23 Jun 2016 Video

How to crash an airplane

Nickolas Means
Nickolas Means
43 mins
Rebooting culture
21 Feb 2017 Video

Rebooting culture

Camille Fournier
Camille Fournier
30 mins
Managing conflict in engineering teams
27 Jan 2021 Article

Managing conflict in engineering teams

Keanan Koppenhaver
Keanan Koppenhaver
7 mins
Learnings from 'Placing engineering at the heart of innovation'
17 Dec 2020 Article

Learnings from 'Placing engineering at the heart of innovation'

Ellie Spencer-Failes
Ellie Spencer-Failes
4 mins
How to build your learning culture
23 Oct 2020 Article

How to build your learning culture

Kwame Thomison
Kwame Thomison
8 mins
Preventing process deadlock
07 Oct 2020 Article

Preventing process deadlock

Victor Vu
Victor Vu
7 mins
Building stronger teams with AB testing
07 Oct 2020 Article

Building stronger teams with AB testing

Jason van der Merwe
Jason van der Merwe
7 mins
The importance of happiness
08 Sep 2020 Video

The importance of happiness

Oren Ellenbogen
Oren Ellenbogen
Kirsten Westeinde
Kirsten Westeinde
+2 more
40 mins
Harassers are nice to me, and probably to you
28 Aug 2020 Article

Harassers are nice to me, and probably to you

Sarah Milstein
Sarah Milstein
8 mins
Crafting a mission and vision for your team
15 Sep 2020 Video

Crafting a mission and vision for your team

Kevin Goldsmith
Kevin Goldsmith
14 mins
Creating an inclusive engineering culture
06 Dec 2019 Video

Creating an inclusive engineering culture

Yenny Cheung
Yenny Cheung
27 mins

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