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Build an engineering culture that goes beyond “Happy Monday!”
In distributed environments, it can be difficult to create a unified culture. How can you change meetings and interactions for the better?
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Turn workplace conflict into collaboration
Don’t let disagreements divide teams. Employ better communication tactics and understanding to turn conflict into opportunity.
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An engineering leader’s guide to SOLID principles
30 years on, how do these design principles stand up?
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Make it count; A no-nonsense guide to engineering metrics for the busy leader
Gain practical insights on engineering metrics that help busy leaders prioritize effectively, address delivery challenges, and measure team performance to maximize impact and productivity.
Editor’s picks
Cooking up a culture of continuous learning
Continuous learning is an important part of building a collaborative culture.
Build a productive code review culture
Code reviews can be tense and stressful if done incorrectly. Avoid bikeshedding and set good cultural standards with these nine simple steps.
Trust is the ultimate driver of engineering excellence
How can you improve the level of trust in your teams to bolster performance and encourage an inclusive culture.
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
Speakers Gergely Orosz, Camille Fournier
and Lara Hogan confirmed
Essential reading
How to build an intentional culture
Don’t leave your culture up to chance. Curate your principles and values intentionally to build high-performing, harmonious teams.
On our Culture playlist
Culture, Clarity, Velocity
This session explores how leaders can examine proposed changes and prepare their teams to move from a culture that impedes progress to one that enables strategic change.
Happy teams don’t leave
To retain talent, engineering leaders need to establish an engaging culture within their teams
From hurdles to highways: Crafting a collaborative experimentation ecosystem at GetYourGuide
Discover how GetYourGuide transformed its experimentation platform, navigating challenges to build a streamlined, collaborative, and innovative ecosystem for efficient testing and creativity.
How to build a culture of accountability in your teams
In this panel, we’ll discuss what a culture of accountability actually looks like in practice, and the role of the engineering leader in encouraging a culture of accountability, not blame, in busy developer teams.
Fostering a culture of experimentation in your engineering teams
How can engineering leaders help their reports find joy in their work?
The festival of engineering leadership
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
More about Culture
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Ask Maria: How to stop team burnout after a subject expert quits
What happens when the one person everyone went to for answers leaves? Our community columnist Maria Ntalla tells us more on the matter.
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In partnership with Multiverse
Drive continuous improvement without a dedicated developer experience team
Lessons learned from a developer experience wake up call.
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Bringing your whole (strategic) self to work
What is strategic authenticity, and why does it sound like an oxymoron?
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In partnership with Frontegg
Why security is everyone’s responsibility
And what does that mean in practice?
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In partnership with X-Team
A beginner’s guide to building a sustainable learning culture
Software moves fast, how can you build a culture ready to keep up?
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In partnership with X-Team
Cultivating a culture of learning
Establishing a genuine learning culture takes time and attention, from all levels of the organization.
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Ask Mathias: How do I influence my product peer?
Influencing people is a hard game – particularly if it’s a peer who’s working style doesn’t mesh well with yours. Here’s some things to try.
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Can we cure imposter syndrome in tech?
After years of leaning in, imposter syndrome is still prevalent amongst women in tech. Can it be eradicated?
Top Culture videos
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Transformed: Moving to the product operating model: Marty Cagan in conversation
Join us at the next edition of Bookmarked where Suzan Bond will be joined by Marty Cagan to discuss Transformed: Moving to the product operating model. In this episode, Marty discusses the reasons why organizatons need to transform and the practical ways that you can be successful in achieving meaningful…
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In partnership with Harness
How to build a culture of accountability in your teams
In this panel, we’ll discuss what a culture of accountability actually looks like in practice, and the role of the engineering leader in encouraging a culture of accountability, not blame, in busy developer teams.
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Transformed: Moving to the product operating model: Marty Cagan in conversation
In this episode, Marty discusses the reasons why organizatons need to transform and the practical ways that you can be successful in achieving meaningful change and innovation similar to the top tech companies out there.
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We should all be declaring more incidents
You’re probably used to avoiding incidents at all costs, but they are actually the most effective tool you have to handle reactive work when things go wrong. In this talk, Martha Lambert looks at how to reframe incidents and use them to your advantage to make customers happier.
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In partnership with Split
Fostering a culture of experimentation in your engineering teams
How can engineering leaders help their reports find joy in their work?
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Challenges in transforming a multicultural local-only company to a remote-first
Felipe Furlan discusses the most significant challenges and the strategies we use to overcome them. I will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of such a strategy.
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Go with the flow: Embracing and supporting menstrual needs in tech
Amy Roberts-Hoad spotlights the often-underestimated influence of menstruation on tech teams. Through personal anecdotes, she offers actionable insights on fostering conversations around this topic, paving the way for both inclusivity and heightened productivity.
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What does effective collaboration look like for busy engineering teams?
How can newly restructured and leaner teams collaborate effectively?