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AI-native development: How to actually get the most out of your agents
This talk covers spec-driven development as a way to give agents better constraints, large language model (LLM) gateway and routing strategies for managing which model handles which task, test-driven development adapted for an agent-first workflow, and verification practices built for the volume and pace of AI-generated code.
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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.
Berlin • November 9 & 10, 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?
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New York • September 8 & 9, 2027
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How to harness the power of deadlines in engineering teams
Managing deadlines is about more than setting dates. Here’s how to plan for ambitious but achievable deadlines.
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Three strategies for building trust with your engineering teams
Sowing the seeds of trust within your teams
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How to maintain a winning company culture as you grow
Creating and sustaining a great company culture
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How to drive a customer-focused engineering team
Strategies for leading user-focused development teams
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Encouraging healthy conflict in a remote world
Arguing virtually lacks resolution. Here’s what we can do about it.
Top Culture videos
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The tools of culture change
In this talk Jason will cover what works and what doesn’t when it comes to culture change, and give you the tools you need to get the best out of your team.
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Calling out a terrible on call system
Molly Struve knew the system had to change if we wanted to continue growing and not lose our developer talent, but the question was how?
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Simplify your postmortems and focus on scaling
Ricardo Aravena gives us a better understanding of how to run effective postmortems consistently to mature DevOps in the organization.
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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.