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Backwards compatible – Lessons from a quarter century in software
Explore career lessons from a 25-year journey in software development. Learn about growth, leadership, and the power of kindness to shape lasting impact in engineering.
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How to maintain a winning company culture as you grow
Creating and sustaining a great company culture
Encouraging a passion for productivity
In this edition of DirectorPlus, Neha Batra, VP of Engineering at GitHub, explains how she creates a culture of productivity.
How engineering leaders at Apple, Facebook, and more create adaptable teams
Building agility in engineering teams
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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
Recognizing and preventing burnout in your teams
Learn how to recognise and avoid burnout in your teams as an engineering manager
Happy teams don’t leave
To retain talent, engineering leaders need to establish an engaging culture within their teams
Three tactics to build resilience into your teams
When you build resilience, you’re able to recover quickly from challenges.
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?
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Three ways to reduce the cost of DevOps
Spending too much on DevOps maintenance? Here are some ways to cut costs.
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Encouraging autonomy within engineering teams
Autonomy is a wonderful thing. Here’s how to relinquish control and empower your engineering teams to deliver more impact.
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Six things to consider when structuring engineering teams
Organizing or reorganizing engineering teams? Here are some best practices to keep in mind.
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How to develop curiosity in your team
Curiosity is a superpower. Here’s how to inspire it in your team.
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The old Twitter is gone
Morale has plummeted as the company has rapidly changed from a well-respected engineering organization to a punchline under the leadership of Elon Musk.
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Four ways to protect yourself from burnout
You don’t have to set yourself on fire to keep others warm. Here are some preventative steps you can take to avoid burning out.
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How I support my reports’ mental health as a new manager
How can engineering managers support mental health in their teams? Matt Cooper shares five ways to get started.
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How to harness the power of deadlines in engineering teams
Managing deadlines is about more than setting dates. Here’s how to plan for ambitious but achievable deadlines.
Top Culture videos
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A lean DevOps approach to learning & development
In this talk Sorrel will explain the rationale behind our approach to L&D and show you how it is operated in practice.
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On call does not have to suck
In this talk, Charity discusses the idea that being on call is a burden when in fact being on call can be a great time to unleash your curiosity, learn new skills, and develop/refine your technical judgment.
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Bridging the Dev-Sec divide: Three tips for agile developers
In this session, Luisa will show you three proven steps that you can apply in your own teams to not only build from scratch but also grow a DevSec culture in your tech organization.
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Transitioning from synchronous to asynchronous (and somewhere between)
Michael will talk you through the reasons why he feels asynchronous (and sometimes synchronous) working is so beneficial, and how the culture of the team helped inspire other teams.
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Understanding Time Systems Creates Successful Engineering Teams
This talk will explain how different cultures and the processes and tools we use at work relate to time, and finally how to take advantage of the strengths in each to build a better team.
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Organizational Change Through The Power Of Why – DevSecOps Enablement
In this talk you will learn how to communicate and educate your teams on security approaches and best practices.
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There’s no “I” in learning from incidents.
In this talk, Vanessa walks you through the different stages of a Post-Incident Process and explains how to get folks from different parts of your org involved.
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No more heroes: User experience design for incident response
In this talk, Plum discusses the “user experience design” of incident response processes that allow them to grow alongside a rapidly expanding team and technical landscape.