Culture, engagement & motivation
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How to have meetings that don't suck (as much)
7 mins
16 Apr 2021
Article
How to have meetings that don't suck (as much)
Danielle
Leong
Using engineering principles to create autonomous teams at scale
7 mins
13 Apr 2021
Article
Using engineering principles to create autonomous teams at scale
Wayne
Bell
What do capuchin monkeys know about motivation that engineering leaders don’t?
8 mins
30 Mar 2021
Article
What do capuchin monkeys know about motivation that engineering leaders don’t?
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Jared
Silver
The night the lights went out in Texas
10 mins
17 Mar 2021
Article
The night the lights went out in Texas
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Nickolas
Means
Leading your engineering team with ‘experiments’ not ‘processes’
7 mins
10 Feb 2021
Article
Leading your engineering team with ‘experiments’ not ‘processes’
Cate
Huston
How to write communication guidelines – and live by them
8 mins
02 Feb 2021
Article
How to write communication guidelines – and live by them
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Antonia
Landi
11 Sep 2015
Video
Cloning yourself isn't an option

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

Gil
Zellner
21 Mar 2018
Video
Navigating engineering team friction
Lara
Hogan
21 Mar 2018
Video
Creating learning workshops for developers
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Allison
McMillan
How to make reorgs less terrible
11 mins
25 Jan 2021
Article
How to make reorgs less terrible
Katie
Wilde
Building a vernacular with your engineering team
4 mins
08 Jan 2021
Article
Building a vernacular with your engineering team
Kevin
Goldsmith
Gaining insight and preventing misalignment without micromanaging
5 mins
09 Dec 2020
Article
Gaining insight and preventing misalignment without micromanaging

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

Matthew
Butt
Trusting the instincts of engineers to foster a culture of innovation
8 mins
29 Oct 2020
Article
Trusting the instincts of engineers to foster a culture of innovation
Edoardo
Turelli
Learnings from 'Placing collaboration at the heart of your technical projects'
4 mins
25 Nov 2020
Article
Learnings from 'Placing collaboration at the heart of your technical projects'
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
Put your hand up: keeping a small-company mindset as you grow
7 mins
30 Sep 2020
Article
Put your hand up: keeping a small-company mindset as you grow

Lisa
Karlin Curtis
Learnings from 'Creating a culture of experimentation'
4 mins
03 Nov 2020
Article
Learnings from 'Creating a culture of experimentation'
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
Engineering with empathy
6 mins
24 Sep 2020
Article
Engineering with empathy
Jossie
Haines
The impact of conversation smells
13 mins
21 Sep 2020
Article
The impact of conversation smells

James
Nichols
Creating an inclusive team culture in times of change
7 mins
08 Sep 2020
Article
Creating an inclusive team culture in times of change
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Yenny
Cheung
In it for the long haul: long-term team building
11 mins
01 Sep 2020
Article
In it for the long haul: long-term team building

Neha
Batra
15 Sep 2020
Video
Harnessing the power of storytelling to become a better leader

Kirsten
Westeinde
12 Aug 2020
Video
Eliminating hero culture in software engineering teams
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Brianna
McCullough
LeadDev lessons to live by: five things I’ve learned from five years of LeadDev
8 mins
10 Aug 2020
Article
LeadDev lessons to live by: five things I’ve learned from five years of LeadDev
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Ruth
Yarnit
12 Jun 2019
Video
Effective meeting facilitation techniques

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

Nassim
Kammah
Learnings from 'Building an environment for learning and development'
3 mins
06 Apr 2021
Article
Learnings from 'Building an environment for learning and development'
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
The art of self-organizing engineering teams
9 mins
30 Mar 2021
Article
The art of self-organizing engineering teams
Tom
Sommer
11 Sep 2015
Video
Building happier engineering teams

Oren
Ellenbogen
Managing conflict in engineering teams
7 mins
27 Jan 2021
Article
Managing conflict in engineering teams
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Keanan
Koppenhaver
Learnings from 'Placing engineering at the heart of innovation'
4 mins
17 Dec 2020
Article
Learnings from 'Placing engineering at the heart of innovation'
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
How to build your learning culture
8 mins
23 Oct 2020
Article
How to build your learning culture

Kwame
Thomison
Preventing process deadlock
7 mins
07 Oct 2020
Article
Preventing process deadlock
Victor
Vu
Building stronger teams with AB testing
7 mins
07 Oct 2020
Article
Building stronger teams with AB testing
Jason
van der Merwe
08 Sep 2020
Video
The importance of happiness

Oren
Ellenbogen

Kirsten
Westeinde
Harassers are nice to me, and probably to you
8 mins
28 Aug 2020
Article
Harassers are nice to me, and probably to you
Sarah
Milstein
15 Sep 2020
Video
Crafting a mission and vision for your team
Kevin
Goldsmith
06 Dec 2019
Video
Creating an inclusive engineering culture
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Yenny
Cheung
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