Latest
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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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Bringing your whole (strategic) self to work
What is strategic authenticity, and why does it sound like an oxymoron?
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In partnership with Frontegg
Why security is everyone’s responsibility
And what does that mean in practice?
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In partnership with X-Team
A beginner’s guide to building a sustainable learning culture
Software moves fast, how can you build a culture ready to keep up?
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In partnership with X-Team
Cultivating a culture of learning
Establishing a genuine learning culture takes time and attention, from all levels of the organization.
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Ask Mathias: How do I influence my product peer?
Influencing people is a hard game – particularly if it’s a peer who’s working style doesn’t mesh well with yours. Here’s some things to try.
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Can we cure imposter syndrome in tech?
After years of leaning in, imposter syndrome is still prevalent amongst women in tech. Can it be eradicated?
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5 takeaways from running 50 postmortems
Etsy’s postmortem culture is renowned for all the right reasons. Learn how to incorporate better practices into your postmortem meetings.
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How to set boundaries and stop people pleasing at work
Whether you’re starting to understand your people-pleasing tendencies or already well into your journey, here are some tips.
Top Culture videos
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Three tactics to build resilience into your teams
When you build resilience, you’re able to recover quickly from challenges.
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How do you build a great team culture? LMGTFY
In this talk, Jenn will bridge the gap between the instructions senior leaders often get, and the desired outcomes: a workplace where people feel safe to be themselves, ask questions, make mistakes, and grow together.
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How successful hackathons increase belonging, decrease anxiety and help people imagine new identities in tech
Dr Carol Lee shares an example of a successful internal hackathon at Pluralsight and how it impacts developer experience.
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Better engineering through business understanding
This talk will focus on strategies and skills that can help you develop business understanding including key concepts related to finance and product strategy.
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Creating the story of your culture
This talk will outline what are the essential facets of building your culture and how you ensure diversity, equity, and belonging go hand and hand.
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Shopify’s remote working toolbox
This talk presents Shopify’s remote working toolbox, which is a collection of learnings, best practices and ideas for other leaders that are wishing to work and attract talent globally, but must fundamentally shift their culture to do so.
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A lean DevOps approach to learning & development
In this talk Sorrel will explain the rationale behind our approach to L&D and show you how it is operated in practice.
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On call does not have to suck
In this talk, Charity discusses the idea that being on call is a burden when in fact being on call can be a great time to unleash your curiosity, learn new skills, and develop/refine your technical judgment.