Latest
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4 steps to speed up code reviews
The culture changes you need to make to stop code reviews from demoralizing teams.
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Google is cracking down on remote work
Google follows other tech giants and doubles down to add restrictions on its “Work from Anywhere” (WFA) policy.
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Crafting the perfect LeadDev talk submission
Crafting the best version of your talk proposal for the LeadDev stage with the help of ChatGPT.
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The creative technologist
Learn how to build a creative practice to help you become a more creative leader.
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.
October 15-17, 2025
New York is almost here. Book your spot today.
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?
Agendas for New York events are live!
Lineup includes Addy Osmani, Kevin Goldsmith, Robin Bonatesta, and more…
New York • October 15 & 16, 2025
More about Culture
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Diversity and inclusion strategies that go beyond hiring
DEI strategies aren’t exclusively reserved for hiring cycles. Orgs should be going beyond that to retain diverse talent.
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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.
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3 scenarios when you should ask for help
Sometimes, it can be difficult to ask for help. But doing so can benefit everyone, including yourself!
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Ask Maria: How do we gel after getting acquired?
There can be a lot of friction as teams navigate new waters. From top-down misalignment to low morale in teams, here are some tricks to tackle common problems.
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Strategies for managing being overwhelmed
Feeling overwhelmed isn’t as rare as we’d like to think. So, when these emotions do arise, it’s good to have some techniques that can help you overcome them.
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Performance management: strategies, practices, and key insights
Performance management comprises many different parts that can be difficult to track. Learn about strategies and practices you can implement to help make shaping your teams easier.
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Managing challenging people
Challenging team members are common, but managing them is anything but straightforward.
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Being an effective remote employee
A hybrid environment comes with peaks and valleys. You may be working remotely, but not everyone else is, and that can be tricky.
Top Culture videos
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Creating the story of your culture
This talk will outline what are the essential facets of building your culture and how you ensure diversity, equity, and belonging go hand and hand.
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Shopify’s remote working toolbox
This talk presents Shopify’s remote working toolbox, which is a collection of learnings, best practices and ideas for other leaders that are wishing to work and attract talent globally, but must fundamentally shift their culture to do so.
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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.