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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 AI productivity myth is more harmful than you think
Perceived productivity may be up thanks to AI, but there’s debt collecting in the shadows.
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How to be a successful async advocate in an RTO world
Building an async-first culture is surprisingly straightforward in an RTO era.
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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.

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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?
More about Culture
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Performance review mistakes and how to avoid them
They roll around every year, but it always feels like people could do a better job at executing them. Here’s some common mistakes to avoid.
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How the scales tipped against tech workers
The bosses are back in charge and expectations for what a job in tech looks like is changing rapidly. Is the industry losing its lustre?
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4 ways to help senior engineers grow toward mastery
Helping knowledgable, skilled engineers take the extra step toward mastery means avoiding micromanaging traps.
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How to avoid working in silos
Sometimes, especially if you’re in a remote working environment, silos can be difficult to avoid. So how do you remedy the issue?
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4 rituals that revolutionized my engineering teams
Nailing your ritual meetings can be a difficult job. How can you find the sweet spot between the right stakeholders and time management?
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Meta and the great DEI rollback
Once an emblem of inclusivity, Meta has officially joined tech’s anti-DEI bandwagon.
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Help teams thrive during organizational change
Organizational change can rock the foundations of any team. But knowing the reasoning behind the shift can open all sorts of doors.
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Imposter syndrome and how to overcome it
Many people have wrestled with imposter syndrome. Here’s what to do if you are feeling these self-doubts creep up.
Top Culture videos
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Feeling the squeeze? GreenOps offers a sustainable solution for busy engineering teams
Discover how GreenOps empowers engineering teams to integrate sustainability into their workflows, building on FinOps and DevOps principles for efficiency and environmental impact.
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Leading through scarcity: Building capacity in the team you have
Discover strategies to lead effectively through scarcity. Learn how to build capacity within existing teams, maximizing performance amid constraints and fostering sustainable growth.
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How to overcome feeling isolated as a senior engineering leader
Last month, we brought together a panel of engineering leaders to dive into the realities of leadership loneliness and share actionable strategies to combat it.
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In partnership with Pantheon
What does a ‘modern’ DevOps culture actually look like?
DevOps as we know it is constantly evolving. In this webinar, we find out if the latest trends are worth the hype.
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Inclusion on purpose: An intersectional approach to creating a culture of belonging at work
Ruchika Tulshyan in conversation
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You don’t understand how trust works
Explore how to cultivate genuine trust between managers and teams, empowering collaboration and resilience through empathy, active listening, and shared responsibility for greater organizational success.
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Building APIs together: How to embrace a multiplayer strategy
This session shows how a team-based, “multiplayer” approach to building APIs can eliminate versioning headaches, stop duplicate work, and dramatically accelerate your delivery cycle.
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Safety and Belonging – A Ritual to Jumpstart Psychological Safety
Learn how to cultivate psychological safety in teams through practical strategies and a 3-part workshop, inspired by Riot Games’ “Safety and Belonging” ritual.