
Latest videos
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Using postmortems to break out of infinite loops
Our experience is our best resource when it comes to incident prevention, so why are we so resistant to learning from our past mistakes?
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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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In partnership with Harness
Incident response before the incident
With high-profile outages striking increasingly frequently, incident prevention and readiness are critical, but not at the expense of speed or innovation.
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Break silos and build cross-functional bridges
Cross-functional alignment is what makes (or breaks) teams. When engineering, product, and business come together to navigate conflict, foster collaboration, and encourage shared ownership, progress soars.
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How to master the perfect pull request
Pull requests are an essential part of collaborative development, but one that’s often rushed or fraught for teams juggling increasing workloads and competing priorities.
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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DevOps for Dummies: Emily Freeman in conversation
Understand the competitive advantages of DevOps and why it is important.
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Rubrics cubed: Attempting to quantify the qualitative in the interview process
Shawna Martell and Dan Fike discussed how they created their rubrics and introduced them to their organization, and what they discovered about how the process has affected their hiring outcomes.
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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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Level up your code reviews
Denise Yu gets us thinking about code reviews in terms of different lenses to help engineers of all experience levels build a vocabulary for seeking and providing feedback in a healthy, thoughtful, and collaborative way.
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Understanding the role of a Principal engineer
Learn what the technical and strategic conversations look like at a Principal engineer level.
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Starting a new job as a Staff+
Amy Unger looks at how you can effectively start off a new job at Staff-level.
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An Eng Leaders Intro on Understanding “the Business”.
How you can navigate understanding the business and why that will make you a better Engineering leader.
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Living in the future: How leading leaders is a lot like time travel
In this intimate conversation, Nivia intends to share four dimensions critical to growing the type of leaders who can Observe—Orient—Decide and ultimately Act (OODA) with the intelligence and integrity necessary to succeed.
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Demystifying the Re-Org
Milena Tala looks at how you can identify that your team requires a reorganisation at Leadev Together 2022
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Career Vectors – CTO Flavors: Mixing & Matching Skillsets
Learn how to define your own personal development plan as a CTO
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Healthy and Effective Leadership Teams
How can you set up the foundations for fostering healthier leadership teams?
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Engineering leadership with a little help from my friends
Yvette Pasqua shares her thoughts on how to build and maintain a network of peers and mentors.
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Getting buy-in for your transformation strategy
Michael Winslow shares his thoughts on how to create awareness that a change is needed in your technical strategy.
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Don’t try this at home. How to practice self-improvement as a senior leader
Phil Calçado looks at how to continuously improve your skills and expertise when you don’t have the ability to always experiment.
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Building aligned strategies
Camille Fournier discusses the key elements for building an alignment that balances the needs of both your team and your company.
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Firing like a human
Chief Technology Officer at Anaconda talks about the tricky firing process and how to get it right. Learn about the safeguards that allow you to make this tough choice confidently and compassionately.
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Managing compassionately through underperformance
You’ve identified that a person is underperforming. What comes next? Senior Engineering Manager Adrienne Lowe will identify what you should do to help manage someone out of underperformance
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Managing performance with clarity and empathy
How can you even tell if someone is underperforming? Senior Director of Engineering at SlackHQ Rod Garcia looks at how to write and communicate clear expectations and gain the confidence to address underperformance.
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Sitting on the other side of the managing table
How do you manage when you’re being managed up? Engineering Leadership Consultant Amy Newell looks at how to deal with the receiving end of being managed up to create a two-way relationship.
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Switch up how you manage up
Every senior leader you interact with will bring their own experience, set of biases, communication styles – and fundamentally, different personalities to a conversation. Lara Hogan explains how to adapt your tactics to different management techniques.
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Unravelling the misconceptions of managing up
Senior Director of Engineering at Github Neha Batra unravels the misconceptions of managing up at LeadDev Together.
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How to collaborate cross-functionally with Go To Market teams
How to collaborate cross-functionally with Go To Market teams. Speaking at LeadDev Together on March 1 VP of Business Systems at Intercom Rich Archbold.
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Product engineering cross-team collaboration – from idea to MVP
As an engineering leader, your closest cross-functional team will be in your relationships with product and design. Director of Engineering at Calm, Ellen Wong will explore creating an effective engineering-product-design bond.
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Boulders, Rocks, and Pebbles – Successfully Executing on a Technology Strategy
VP of Engineering & Chief Architect at eBay Randy Shoup will take us through the process of writing a tech strategy, including practical writing tips, keeping focus, and how to gain consensus on your plan.