Engineering leaders are not just responsible for the deliverable success of their team, they’re also responsible for how effectively they communicate.
Episode 1: Building the tools for cross-team communication
This conversation centered around effective cross-team and remote communication, with our panelists – Bruce Wang (Director of Engineering at Netflix), Michael Winslow (Senior Director, Software Development & Engineering at Comcast), and Gayathri Thiyagarajan (Senior Engineering Manager at Expedia) – and moderator – Laura Czajkowski (Developer Relations Manager at Vonage) – discussing their own experiences of implementing best practices.
During this discussion, our panelists explored:
- Learnings from the past year in terms of successful remote communication
- Challenges of moving from co-located to remote working
- Tools for cross-team collaboration
- Blocks to working across teams
- Ensuring team members across time zones feel involved remotely
Episode 2: Shaping engineering leadership through letting go
Sook Meng Muk focuses on autonomy in this article, explaining how when engineering leaders step back and allow teams to flourish, better collaboration and delivery can be achieved.
