Latest videos
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In partnership with SoftwireTechnology advances; history repeats itself
Learn how to protect engineering culture, leadership judgment, and technical depth as AI and rapid change reshape the industry.
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Quantifying technical debt to modernise critical systems
A data-driven approach to exposing hidden technical debt and modernizing critical legacy systems without risky rewrites.
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Escaping the feature factory: Building strategic team identity
How to turn a ticket-driven engineering team into a strategic partner by shifting identity, metrics, and mindset toward outcomes.
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We brought AI into our sprints, here’s what changed
Explore how integrating AI into product sprints changed team habits, improved delivery, and revealed what works and what breaks in practice.
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Rethinking interviewing in an AI era
Explore how to redesign technical interviews for an AI era by focusing on real-world thinking, communication, and human-centered evaluation.
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Migrations done right: Success stories and lessons learned
Learn proven strategies for executing large-scale system migrations safely, using incremental rollouts, clear planning, and strong stakeholder communication.
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Latency, load, and leadership: Building a team nervous system
Discover how to build feedback systems that detect early stress signals, enabling healthier, more resilient, and productive teams.
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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Bottom up org change and evolution
It’s expected for the structure of your teams and organization to change as you grow.
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Effective engineering leadership growth
In this talk Bruno will share tactics on getting constructive feedback from peers, learning from new mentors and the strategies you can use use to keep growing your skills and expertise as an engineering leader.
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How to keep learning in leadership
This talk will dive into strategies you can use for staying technical while being a leader of the organization and as well give you tools to identify the areas that you need to be up to date on and what can you manage without knowledge.
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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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How managers can successfully lead their teams through change
In this session, Rukmini Reddy, SVP of Engineering at Slack, will share her perspective on why change is a must and the positive impacts that can come with it when you can gain buy-in and trust from the people on your team.
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Explaining distributed systems like I’m five
In this talk, Michele will look at many easy examples of how a distributed architecture could virtually scale infinitely, always explaining this… like he is five!
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Stop! Strategy time!
You’ll walk away with practical tips that you can start implementing tomorrow to help you become a more strategic leader and, consequently, more effective and successful in your role.
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Setting goals as a senior individual contributor
In this talk, you’ll learn how to define your development journey as a senior individual contributor, figuring out what you should be working on, how to set your goals, and how to you define your backlog of work.
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The Staff Engineer’s Path: A Guide For Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change: Tanya Reilly in conversation
What does it mean to be a Staff Engineer and how does your role impact your organization?
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Getting to know your team’s strengths and weaknesses
How can engineering leaders understand more about what makes their reports happy, and leverage their strengths to build a happy and productive team?
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Traps when spotting and growing new managers
In this talk, Javier discusses how the success of a manager depends on two things: spotting skillset fit and cultivating habitat fit.
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How a year in engineering leadership has made me a better individual contributor
In this talk, Kristen discusses the specific ways in which leadership has accelerated by growth, impact and efficiency as an individual contributor.
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Navigating parental leave as a senior engineering leader
In this talk, Iccha covers what she did to prepare before her parental leave, from the perspective of business, and how to keep an org functioning healthy while you are out.
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No more heroes: User experience design for incident response
In this talk, Plum discusses the “user experience design” of incident response processes that allow them to grow alongside a rapidly expanding team and technical landscape.
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MMMRRRRR, or approaches to leadership and execution for staff+
In this talk, Joshua aim’s to answer the question “How should engineers think about the skills to sustain the expansion?”
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Scale up: How to grow your team without growing headcount
In this talk, CJ Cenizal uses colorful AI-generated images to illustrate three stories about how he approaches this challenge.
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Rise of the platform (Team)
In this talk, you’re going to learn what a platform team is, what they do, and why your business needs one.
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What does an effective cloud strategy look like?
Hosting services on the cloud is the new normal. Learn how to use it effectively.
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Building happy and effective data teams
Where do you start when building a data team, and how can you keep them motivated?
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How to stand out and attract top talent in a candidate driven market
Recruitment strategies for your organisation to draw candidates searching for the perfect role and workplace
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Building an engineering team that can withstand unexpected change
How can you plan for change and make sure your team feels secure in the face of uncertain times?
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Ways your teams can (realistically) prioritize code quality
Code matters – learn how to create a culture of quality in your organisation
