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Killing a project is every engineering leader’s hardest call
Sometimes you must kill a project before it kills momentum.
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The shadow culture: Why engineering principles fail under load
Why engineering principles collapse under pressure, and how redesigning systems makes the right behavior the easy default.
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.
New York • September 15 & 16, 2026
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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
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?
The festival for modern engineering leadership
New York • September 15 & 16, 2026
More about Culture
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You’re not lacking passion, you’re lacking energy
Sometimes, the first step towards starting is stopping. Here’s how to prioritize the work you’re passionate about and avoid burnout.
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Embedding on a team as a Staff+ engineer
A four-step guide to leveling up your team from the staff plus position.
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In partnership with Platform.sh
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.
Top Culture videos
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Harassers are nice to me
Sarah Milstein looks at techniques for surfacing and addressing bad behaviour in the workplace.
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Equipping your team to support junior developers
Aisha Blake discusses actionable steps for building junior-inclusive practices through active reflection, sustainable processes, and a focus on empathetic communication.
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Eliminating hero culture in software engineering teams
Infrastructure Program Manager at Google Brianna McCullough will discuss what common pitfalls to avoid when scaling your team at
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Fostering psychological safety in distributed teams
Taylor Poindexter asks how can you do your best to ensure your team has psychological safety and the proper processes to set yourselves up for success in a remote-first world.
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Culture change in a hostile environment
Jason Wong discusses strategies and tactics for seeding cultural change, creating environments for that change to grow, and what are the limits to those changes at LeadDev Together.
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Creating a culture of trust
Dana Lawson explores how to quickly build cultures of trust on engineering teams, outlining the benefits and giving practical advice at LeadDev Together.
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In partnership with Lohika
Cultivating effective cross-functional relationships
In this panel, we’ll explore how engineering departments can form strong relationships with other teams.
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Sturgeon’s Biases: how communities of practice lie to themselves & everybody else
In this talk, I’ll explore these problems through the lens of Sturgeon’s Revelation usually stated as “ninety percent of everything is crud”!