Kristen Foster-Marks
Kristen is a Head of Developer Experience at Depot
Kristen Foster-Marks is passionate about applying evidence-based science to help software teams learn, work, and thrive. She combines eight years in software development and engineering leadership with extensive knowledge in learning science, pedagogy, and classroom-based research to develop innovative workshops, interventions, and curricula that promote effective behavior change on software teams. Kristen actively contributes to the engineering community by writing articles and giving conference talks, aiming to demystify empirical research on software teams for those best equipped to utilize its insights.
Upskilling teams at scale with learnathons
Learnathons are great opportunities to bring your teams together and make strides in upskilling. Here is a framework to get started.
Using rhetorical situations to improve internal communication
There's lots of advice peddled out there around improving communication skills, but crafting effective communication using the framework of the rhetorical situation should be your starting point.
Improve your learning culture with retrospectives
Nurturing healthy team learning cultures has never been more important for engineering leaders.
Using a learning-themed retrospective to strengthen your team’s learning culture and reduce learning debt
Kristen Foster-Marks shares her experience of leading a learning-themed retrospective, which encouraged her team to reflect on their personal beliefs about learning and up-skilling, their team’s learning culture, and the ways in which these beliefs and culture can both encourage and discourage engagement in on-the-job learning and up-skilling activities.
How a year in engineering leadership has made me a better individual contributor
In this talk, Kristen discusses the specific ways in which leadership has accelerated by growth, impact and efficiency as an individual contributor.
