Latest videos
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We brought AI into our sprints, here’s what changed
Explore how integrating AI into product sprints changed team habits, improved delivery, and revealed what works and what breaks in practice.
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How to lead when you just don’t know the tech
How to lead successfully in unfamiliar technical domains by embracing uncertainty, empowering teams, and still delivering results – even when you’re not the expert.
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The lean architect: Experimenting your way to better decisions
Discover how hypothesis-driven architecture helps Staff+ engineers make better decisions early, reduce risk, and build resilient systems.
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Y2K: The bug that didn’t bite
Unearthing the lessons of Y2K to avoid future coding catastrophes and build more sustainable software.
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How to zoom out (and when to stop)
A practical guide for engineers and new engineering leaders on expanding their scope effectively, recognizing when to change their perspective, and maintaining the right balance between strategic thinking and technical depth.
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Dressing to the 9s
Everybody wants high reliability, but the path isn’t exactly clear. This talk is for people who need to know what works and what doesn’t.
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Going all-in on data products
Explore how a development team fully embraced building a data product alongside their new operational product.
Highlights from our conferences
Measure for Change
Picking metrics is one thing. But the harder decisions lie in what to do with them afterward.
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Drive product gaps as an engineering leader
Discover practical strategies for engineering leaders to influence product development effectively, even in the absence of strong product management and a clear company vision.
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Growth in a downturn
In this talk, Smruti Patel asks, if hyper-growth is marked by spending more to make more, what does building for enduring growth look like?
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Idea to Innovation
Join me as we embark on a journey to dissect the anatomy of innovation, uncover strategies to unlock the full potential of ideas, and transform them into impactful realities. Let’s build a strong culture of innovation, and make sure that it is not just a buzzword but a tangible outcome.
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Slack enterprise key management: Senior to staff lessons
Explore the key lessons and skills Audrei gained during their first Staff+ project, Slack Enterprise Key Management. This talk offers insights for anyone growing in their Staff+ career.
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The Effective Engineer: Edmond Lau in conversation
In this session, Suzan Bond is joined by guest author Edmond Lau to explore how to access the mindsets that will make you truly effective.
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Understanding your team’s velocity
A panel discussion on being able to examine the speed of your team in depth is crucial to propelling them forward.
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Embedding observability into your engineering culture
The journey to thoroughly understanding your systems.
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Crafting hiring processes that reduce bias and create consistency
It’s not just about what happens in the interview
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Career vectors for technical leaders
The more experience you gain as a technical leader the more varied the roles seem to get. Amongst this variation and complexity, how can we develop ourselves and others?
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The road to senior individual contributor
What is leadership in an individual contributor role and how does it differ from being a senior engineer?
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From manager to director and beyond
The most challenging career inflection point for a strong line manager is the move to director.
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Tips & tricks for your own personal development
A panel discussion on how to focus on your own personal development.
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Strategies for creating cultures of innovation in engineering teams
How can exploration, research, and experimentation help your team lead the way?
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Individual Contributors and Managers: Perspectives on difficult conversations
We’re continuing the conversation on re-orgs in a 20-minute fireside chat with our invited IC and Managers as they share more about their experiences and perspectives on this.
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The power of visibility to unblock collaboration
Fostering a culture where knowledge can be shared with everyone.
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Difficult conversations: the re-org
If you are a manager of people, at some point in your career, you have or will find yourself in the position of having a difficult conversation with an employee around organization changes that you are making or that are being made and you are responsible for executing.
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Establishing experimentation as a core part of your project workflow
Gain actionable insights from your users and improve engineering velocity
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Perspectives on what a culture of belonging actually looks like
Building a culture that is equitable is an essential part of your job; and an essential part of equitability is belonging.
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The importance of happiness
Every leader knows that employee happiness is important, but how important is it?
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How to have compassionate conversations about difficult sh*t
How can you have compassionate conversations around racism, transphobia and all forms of oppression?
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Lack of inclusion is a risk management issue: The business case for hiring for lived experience
In this talk, we’ll explore the actionable things individuals can do to ensure their teams are inclusive.
