Culture, engagement & motivation
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Cultivating an intentional engineering culture
8 mins
08 Jul 2021
Article
Cultivating an intentional engineering culture
Camille
Acey
Finding your acorn: How to drive the change you want as an engineering leader
8 mins
23 Jun 2021
Article
Finding your acorn: How to drive the change you want as an engineering leader
Leila
Powell
Should you have your camera on when you have the option to turn it off?
4 mins
04 Jun 2021
Article
Should you have your camera on when you have the option to turn it off?
Tanya
Saxena
Shaping engineering leadership through letting go
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7 mins
01 Jun 2021
Article
Shaping engineering leadership through letting go
Sook
Meng Muk
Building a culture of quality in engineering teams
6 mins
13 May 2021
Article
Building a culture of quality in engineering teams
Ken
DeLand
Making the perfect meeting
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6 mins
21 May 2021
Article
Making the perfect meeting
Valerie
Woolard
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
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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?
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8 mins
30 Mar 2021
Article
What do capuchin monkeys know about motivation that engineering leaders don’t?
Jared
Silver
Learnings from 'Shaping distributed culture at scale'
3 mins
17 May 2021
Article
Learnings from 'Shaping distributed culture at scale'
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
The night the lights went out in Texas
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10 mins
17 Mar 2021
Article
The night the lights went out in Texas
Nickolas
Means
Learnings from 'Fostering autonomy in engineering teams'
3 mis
27 Apr 2021
Article
Learnings from 'Fostering autonomy in engineering teams'
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
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
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8 mins
02 Feb 2021
Article
How to write communication guidelines – and live by them
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
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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
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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
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7 mins
08 Sep 2020
Article
Creating an inclusive team culture in times of change
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
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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
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8 mins
10 Aug 2020
Article
LeadDev lessons to live by: five things I’ve learned from five years of LeadDev
Ruth
Yarnit
12 Jun 2019
Video
Effective meeting facilitation techniques
Neha
Batra
30 Apr 2019
Video
Engineering teams work better remote-first
Nassim
Kammah
Fostering autonomy and trust to lead high-performing teams
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10 mins
09 Jun 2021
Article
Fostering autonomy and trust to lead high-performing teams
Smruti
Patel
Developing engineering talent
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29 Apr 2021
Article
Developing engineering talent
Emma
Burstow
Managing meetings without succumbing to Zoom fatigue
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7 mins
30 Apr 2021
Article
Managing meetings without succumbing to Zoom fatigue
Jean
Hsu
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
Managing, motivating, and challenging distributed engineering teams
11 mins
19 Apr 2021
Article
Managing, motivating, and challenging distributed engineering teams
Santiago
Esteva
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
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7 mins
27 Jan 2021
Article
Managing conflict in engineering teams
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
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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
Yenny
Cheung
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