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Assign problems (not work) to your teams to build extraordinary products
7 mins
Episode 01
Article
Assign problems (not work) to your teams to build extraordinary products
Raphaela
Wrede
Trusting the instincts of engineers to foster a culture of innovation
8 mins
Episode 02
Article
Trusting the instincts of engineers to foster a culture of innovation
Edoardo
Turelli
Episode 03
Video
Strategies for creating cultures of innovation in engineering teams
David
Antaramian
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Jessica
Rudder
Why our engineering teams are our innovation teams
5 mins
Episode 04
Article
Why our engineering teams are our innovation teams
Henry
Mori
Learnings from 'Placing engineering at the heart of innovation'
4 mins
Episode 05
Article
Learnings from 'Placing engineering at the heart of innovation'
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
Related
30 Apr 2019
Video
Using observability to detangle and understand production
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Liz
Fong-Jones
30 Apr 2019
Video
Documenting and communicating architectural decisions
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David
Ayers
30 Apr 2019
Video
Principles for managing product quality
Kwame
Thomison
30 Apr 2019
Video
Designing software to maximize developer productivity
Kirsten
Westeinde
30 Apr 2019
Video
Engineering teams work better remote-first
Nassim
Kammah
30 Apr 2019
Video
How to lead your engineering team through a period of change
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Yvette
Pasqua
12 Jun 2019
Video
Travel through time and break free from rigid working cultures
Sal
Freudenberg
Clare
Sudbery
12 Jun 2019
Video
How synergy between product and engineering can solve the problem of software estimation
Jonathan
Rigby
12 Jun 2019
Video
Business as usual vs. innovation: how to get the balance right
Jonathan
Stott
11 Jun 2019
Video
Engage your engineers by giving them 10% time
Kate
Beard
11 Jun 2019
Video
Creating an effective process for on-call engineering teams
Brian
Scanlan
11 Jun 2019
Video
Planning for black swan events: how to create an effective panic team
Steve
Williams
11 Jun 2019
Video
Guiding your engineering team to self-organisation
Rebecca
Hill
11 Jun 2019
Video
Taking a fresh look at setting objectives and key results for your engineering team
Whitney
O'Banner
11 Jun 2019
Video
Engaging your engineering team to achieve high performance faster
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José
Caldeira
12 Jun 2019
Video
Effective meeting facilitation techniques
Neha
Batra
08 Nov 2019
Video
The race to Mach 2.0 at scale
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Nickolas
Means
08 Nov 2019
Video
The benefits of delivering imperfect software
Stevi
Deter
08 Nov 2019
Video
Unlocking success: the components of high-performing teams
Lisa
Van Gelder
08 Nov 2019
Video
Observability that matters (and avoiding the kind that doesn't)
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Tom
Oketch
08 Nov 2019
Video
Clear, concise and consistent: how to communicate and prioritize risks from the engineering team to the wider organization
Dr. Jonathan
Graham
08 Nov 2019
Video
Solutions for creating and managing inclusive projects
Yvette
Pegues
08 Nov 2019
Video
Driving architecture alignment across a fully-distributed engineering workforce
Iccha
Sethi
Jony
Jeyaratnam
08 Nov 2019
Video
Using an 'architectural North Star' to align your engineering team with your organization
Hanjie
Ji
08 Nov 2019
Video
Bridging the gap between engineering and customer success teams
Annie
Cook
06 Dec 2020
Video
How to affect change without losing your job
Duretti
Hirpa
06 Dec 2019
Video
Handling security issues as an engineering team
Markus
Holtermann
06 Dec 2019
Video
Writing effective technical documentation
Beth
Aitman
06 Dec 2019
Video
Breaking down silos for better collaboration
Elin
Nilsson
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Raul
Herbster
06 Dec 2019
Video
Strategies for making impossible decisions
Scott
Triglia
06 Dec 2019
Video
Building blocks for architecture governance with autonomous teams
Birgitta
Boeckeler
06 Dec 2019
Video
Scaling performance at the scale of Slack
Aish
Raj Dahal
06 Dec 2019
Video
Learning from incidents: from 'what went wrong?' to 'what went right?'
Nick
Stenning
06 Dec 2019
Video
Applying software engineering practices to improve people management
Nicky
Thompson
Debugging engineering velocity and leading high-performing teams
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14 mins
10 Aug 2020
Article
Debugging engineering velocity and leading high-performing teams
Smruti
Patel
Finding your groove: how to build your team’s operational cadence
8 mins
10 Aug 2020
Article
Finding your groove: how to build your team’s operational cadence
Daniel
Pupius
12 Aug 2020
Video
Creating efficient, accurate, software estimations
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Daiany
Palacios
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Dominika
Rogala
29 Sep 2020
Video
Scaling up sustainably through better processes
Maria
Gutierrez
29 Sep 2020
Video
A process is never done
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Rachana
Kumar
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Taofeek
Rabiu
29 Sep 2020
Video
Imperfect Processes: Navigating the fuzzier parts
Maria
Gutierrez
Birgitta
Boeckeler
Hypothesis-driven development
7 mins
26 Aug 2020
Article
Hypothesis-driven development
Rod
Begbie
A resignation can be an opportunity
4 mins
27 Aug 2020
Article
A resignation can be an opportunity
Kevin
Goldsmith
The challenges of introducing product experimentation
7 mins
09 Sep 2020
Article
The challenges of introducing product experimentation
Monira
Rhaimi
Oli
Gibson
17 Sep 2020
Video
Team Topologies: Manuel Pais in conversation
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Manuel
Pais
Suzan
Bond
Engineering with empathy
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6 mins
24 Sep 2020
Article
Engineering with empathy
Jossie
Haines
Building stronger teams with AB testing
7 mins
07 Oct 2020
Article
Building stronger teams with AB testing
Jason
van der Merwe
29 Sep 2020
Video
Establishing experimentation as a core part of your project workflow
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Sha
Ma
Justina
Nguyen
Accessibility from the start
4 mins
29 Sep 2020
Article
Accessibility from the start
Diana
Macias
Adopting an experimentation philosophy
5 mins
21 Oct 2020
Article
Adopting an experimentation philosophy
Justina
Nguyen
Preventing process deadlock
7 mins
07 Oct 2020
Article
Preventing process deadlock
Victor
Vu
08 Oct 2020
Video
The power of visibility to unblock collaboration
Raul
Herbster
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Marco
Alacot Torres
Development metrics you should use (but don’t)
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7 mins
19 Nov 2020
Article
Development metrics you should use (but don’t)
Cat
Swetel
How to develop engineering metrics with people, process, and tools in mind
8 mins
12 Oct 2020
Article
How to develop engineering metrics with people, process, and tools in mind
Dalia
Havens
Tell better stories with observability
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6 mins
13 Oct 2020
Article
Tell better stories with observability
Elizabeth
Carretto
Observability at scale
5 mins
10 Nov 2020
Article
Observability at scale
Ramez
Hanna
How to adapt your UI testing strategy to your product's stage
12 mins
14 Oct 2020
Article
How to adapt your UI testing strategy to your product's stage
Santiago
Esteva
Assign problems (not work) to your teams to build extraordinary products
7 mins
15 Oct 2020
Article
Assign problems (not work) to your teams to build extraordinary products
Raphaela
Wrede
Using metrics to remove bottlenecks and support your team
4 mins
22 Oct 2020
Article
Using metrics to remove bottlenecks and support your team
Hillary
Nussbaum
Career ladders aren't enough – you need a thoughtful promotion process, too
9 mins
27 Oct 2020
Article
Career ladders aren't enough – you need a thoughtful promotion process, too
Sarah
Milstein
How to avoid alert fatigue
6 mins
28 Oct 2020
Article
How to avoid alert fatigue
Serhat
Can
The toolbox of engineering metrics for distributed teams
8 mins
05 Nov 2020
Article
The toolbox of engineering metrics for distributed teams
Jost
Novljan
The health of your business depends on the health of your engineering team
3 mins
09 Nov 2020
Article
The health of your business depends on the health of your engineering team
Hillary
Nussbaum
12 Nov 2020
Video
Minimizing risks in code deployment
William
Hill
Dawn
Parzych
Observability and your business
8 mins
18 Nov 2020
Article
Observability and your business
Liz
Fong-Jones
Sending gifts to future-you
6 mins
20 Nov 2020
Article
Sending gifts to future-you
Tanya
Reilly
How to measure and improve success in your engineering team
15 mins
23 Nov 2020
Article
How to measure and improve success in your engineering team
Eric
Rabinovich
02 Dec 2020
Video
Embedding observability into your engineering culture
Liz
Fong-Jones
Tom
Oketch
Feature management: a low-risk way to deliver software faster
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3 mins
03 Dec 2020
Article
Feature management: a low-risk way to deliver software faster
Matt
DeLaney
Learnings from 'Observability in action'
3 mins
10 Dec 2020
Article
Learnings from 'Observability in action'
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
09 Dec 2020
Video
Understanding your team’s velocity
Smruti
Patel
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Kathryn
Koehler
Learnings from ‘Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love’
5 mins
11 Jan 2021
Article
Learnings from ‘Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love’
Jefferson
Delfes
Learnings from 'Deconstructing engineering velocity'
3 mins
12 Apr 2021
Article
Learnings from 'Deconstructing engineering velocity'
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
03 Feb 2021
Video
Recognizing and removing project bottlenecks
Victor
Vu
Sara
Hicks
Managing expectations on time estimates with probabilistic forecasting
6 mins
21 Jan 2021
Article
Managing expectations on time estimates with probabilistic forecasting
Daiany
Palacios
Accentuate the negative: making the non-perfect decision
6 mins
22 Jan 2021
Article
Accentuate the negative: making the non-perfect decision
Tanya
Reilly
25 Jan 2021
Video
Designing cultural transformations
Ryn
Daniels
27 Jun 2018
Video
Using Agile Techniques to Build a More Inclusive Team
Kevin
Goldsmith
27 Jun 2018
Video
CI/CD For Humans: Empathy as the Foundation for Effective Deployments
Jackie
Balzer
24 Apr 2018
Video
Collaborative debugging on engineering teams
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Jackie
Luo
24 Apr 2018
Video
Building a culture of continuous delivery
Kim
van Wilgen
24 Apr 2018
Video
Strategies for reducing the fragility of your systems
Maggie
Zhou
24 Apr 2018
Video
How to Design Systems and Processes Teams Actually Follow
Jason
Lengstorf
21 Mar 2018
Video
Creating code reviews that reflect your team's culture
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Erica
Stanley
21 Mar 2018
Video
Crafting fun and productive Sprint retrospectives
Cecy
Correa
06 Dec 2018
Video
Reclaiming the Spirit of Agile
Vishal
Bardoloi
06 Dec 2018
Video
Tackling Big, Impossible Projects
Michele
Titolo
21 Feb 2017
Video
Engineering retrospectives - Look back, move forward
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Jessie
Link
08 Jun 2017
Video
Failing smarter and learning faster in engineering
Kevin
Goldsmith
08 Jun 2017
Video
How to estimate as as an engineering leader
Dominika
Rogala
23 Jun 2016
Video
Seven key considerations in early development
Heidi
Waterhouse
23 Jun 2016
Video
Creating processes that don't impede autonomy
Duretti
Hirpa
23 Jun 2016
Video
Working backwards from the customer
Thomas
Lobinger
23 Jun 2016
Video
Dealing with overheads as an engineering leader
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Penny
Wyatt
11 Sep 2015
Video
Adapting testing for engineers
Becky
Stafford
11 Sep 2015
Video
How performance is everyone's job
Una
Kravets
07 Apr 2020
Video
Minimum Viable Business Continuity Management
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Meri
Williams
07 Apr 2020
Video
On Postponing Lead Dev New York and London
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Ruth
Yarnit
07 Apr 2020
Video
Designing effective OKRs
Heidi
Waterhouse
Whitney
O'Banner
07 Apr 2020
Video
Taking risks in production
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Leemay
Nassery
Matthew
Hawthorne
Leading your engineering team with ‘experiments’ not ‘processes’
7 mins
10 Feb 2021
Article
Leading your engineering team with ‘experiments’ not ‘processes’
Cate
Huston
Estimating your way to success
5 mins
15 Feb 2021
Article
Estimating your way to success
Rod
Begbie
The art of self-organizing engineering teams
9 mins
30 Mar 2021
Article
The art of self-organizing engineering teams
Tom
Sommer
What is observability and why should you care?
6 mins
18 Feb 2021
Article
What is observability and why should you care?
Ted
Young
A primer on the OpenTelemetry collector
3 mins
10 Mar 2021
Article
A primer on the OpenTelemetry collector
Ted
Young
Leading your engineering team through an unexpected product pivot
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9 mins
18 Mar 2021
Article
Leading your engineering team through an unexpected product pivot
Najla
Elmachtoub
Software platforms: DIY vs. buying it
7 mins
24 Mar 2021
Article
Software platforms: DIY vs. buying it
Dawn
Parzych
To build, or to buy, that is the question
7 mins
15 Apr 2021
Article
To build, or to buy, that is the question
Wouter
Van Geluwe
Learnings from 'Weighing up the pros and cons of build vs. buy'
5 mins
30 Jun 2021
Article
Learnings from 'Weighing up the pros and cons of build vs. buy'
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
Mapping the immovable objects in engineering projects
7 mins
26 Mar 2021
Article
Mapping the immovable objects in engineering projects
Tanya
Reilly
How to run a great software incident post-mortem
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12 mins
29 Mar 2021
Article
How to run a great software incident post-mortem
Katie
Wilde
The importance of effective status reports
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7 mins
01 Apr 2021
Article
The importance of effective status reports
Jason
Wong
The ‘flawed five’ engineering productivity metrics
5 mins
06 Apr 2021
Article
The ‘flawed five’ engineering productivity metrics
Abi
Noda
Optimizing micro-feedback loops in engineering
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7 mins
01 Apr 2021
Article
Optimizing micro-feedback loops in engineering
Tim
Cochran
08 Apr 2021
Video
Running efficient, effective, and engaging retrospectives
Fabian
Lindenberg
Cecy
Correa
Empowering your engineering team with an effective decision-making process
5 mins
14 Apr 2021
Article
Empowering your engineering team with an effective decision-making process
Cate
Huston
Don’t cross the Rubicon: engineering practices you don’t want to delay
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11 mins
15 Apr 2021
Article
Don’t cross the Rubicon: engineering practices you don’t want to delay
Manasi
Kulkarni
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
Making the perfect meeting
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6 mins
21 May 2021
Article
Making the perfect meeting
Valerie
Woolard
Demystifying the software engineering test pyramid
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12 mins
20 Apr 2021
Article
Demystifying the software engineering test pyramid
Thayse
Onofrio
Marilene
Lourenço
A thorough team guide to RFCs
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18 mins
21 Apr 2021
Article
A thorough team guide to RFCs
Juan Pablo
Buriticá
Abandoning the build: when investing is the only way to scale
10 mins
21 Apr 2021
Article
Abandoning the build: when investing is the only way to scale
Josh
Barr
Using observability to accelerate the Engineering Flywheel
6 mins
23 Apr 2021
Article
Using observability to accelerate the Engineering Flywheel
Ran
Ribenzaft
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Debugging engineering teams: Groundhog Day
6 mins
28 Apr 2021
Article
Debugging engineering teams: Groundhog Day
Camille
Fournier
Building a culture of quality in engineering teams
6 mins
13 May 2021
Article
Building a culture of quality in engineering teams
Ken
DeLand
The long tail of product features
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7 mins
05 May 2021
Article
The long tail of product features
Arjen
de Ruiter
05 May 2021
Video
Making your meetings more effective
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Jean
Hsu
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Kristen
Belcher
Ten things you need to know before making a build vs. buy decision
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10 mins
19 May 2021
Article
Ten things you need to know before making a build vs. buy decision
Dawn
Parzych
Douglas
Ferguson
16 Jun 2021
Video
What engineering leaders should be measuring
Dalia
Havens
Cat
Swetel
Reliability and more: preventing a crisis in engineering production
5 mins
02 Jun 2021
Article
Reliability and more: preventing a crisis in engineering production
Ricardo
Aravena
Build vs. buy: know what you need, and know what you want
7 mins
08 Jun 2021
Article
Build vs. buy: know what you need, and know what you want
Chris
Powell
Utilizing invisible forces to make better decisions in software design
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8 mins
09 Jun 2021
Article
Utilizing invisible forces to make better decisions in software design
Murat Derya
Ozen
140,000 lines of code: why we built our own licensing system
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5 mins
11 Jun 2021
Article
140,000 lines of code: why we built our own licensing system
Tobias
Günther
The search for the best solution: third party or open source?
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8 mins
15 Jun 2021
Article
The search for the best solution: third party or open source?
Tal
Joffe
Addressing the challenges of build vs. buy
+1 more
12 mins
16 Jun 2021
Article
Addressing the challenges of build vs. buy
Dawn
Parzych
Douglas
Ferguson
Write things down: transparent culture in minutes
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6 mins
18 Jun 2021
Article
Write things down: transparent culture in minutes
Jon
Finerty
Guiding principles for build vs. buy decisions
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6 mins
17 Jun 2021
Article
Guiding principles for build vs. buy decisions
Aaron
Suggs
How to make a build vs. buy decision for a new software solution
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6 mins
17 Jun 2021
Article
How to make a build vs. buy decision for a new software solution
Michael
Ng
Leveling up your machine learning product by taking the leap to third-party
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8 mins
22 Jun 2021
Article
Leveling up your machine learning product by taking the leap to third-party
Andrea
Heyman
Why the first two weeks are essential when building great software products
3 mins
23 Jun 2021
Article
Why the first two weeks are essential when building great software products
Cindy-Anne
Lewis
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
Preventing burnout while shipping faster
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5 mins
01 Jul 2021
Article
Preventing burnout while shipping faster
Junade
Ali
When planning long-term, favor accuracy over precision
6 mins
01 Jul 2021
Article
When planning long-term, favor accuracy over precision
Camille
Fournier
Every decision creates a policy
5 mins
26 Jul 2021
Article
Every decision creates a policy
Kevin
Goldsmith
How to break out of the thread of doom
7 mins
28 Jul 2021
Article
How to break out of the thread of doom
Tanya
Reilly
12 Aug 2021
Video
Decision Making for Software Engineering Teams: Francesco Strazzullo in conversation
Francesco
Strazzullo
Suzan
Bond
The culture of process
9 mins
19 Aug 2021
Article
The culture of process
Cate
Huston
Outages are coming for you
10 mins
19 Aug 2021
Article
Outages are coming for you
Matthew
Hawthorne
How Netlify, Splice, Code Climate, and more use engineering metrics
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+2 more
13 mins
19 Aug 2021
Article
How Netlify, Splice, Code Climate, and more use engineering metrics
Cody
Lee
Leslie
Cohn-Wein
Developing a product-led innovation strategy for a software company
16 mins
19 Aug 2021
Article
Developing a product-led innovation strategy for a software company
Isabel
Nyo
How to foster data-driven tech leadership
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7 mins
19 Aug 2021
Article
How to foster data-driven tech leadership
Carlos
Coelho
The difficulties of observability
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8 mins
24 Aug 2021
Article
The difficulties of observability
Alex
Hidalgo
Thoughts on kickstarting observability
15 mins
26 Aug 2021
Article
Thoughts on kickstarting observability
Thom
Duran
How enterprise organizations can respond when engineering goes wrong
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+1 more
11 mins
06 Sep 2021
Article
How enterprise organizations can respond when engineering goes wrong
Laura
Nolan
Ella
Morrish
How keeping accessibility front of mind benefits everyone
11 mins
08 Sep 2021
Article
How keeping accessibility front of mind benefits everyone
Matt
Northam
Working across teams to champion accessibility
9 mins
09 Sep 2021
Article
Working across teams to champion accessibility
Be
Birchall
Are daily stand-ups still adding value?
11 mins
16 Sep 2021
Article
Are daily stand-ups still adding value?
Dan
Lines
16 Sep 2021
Video
Breaking down knowledge silos between engineering teams
Ellen
Wong
Rich
Anakor
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