New York

October 15–17, 2025

Berlin

November 3–4, 2025

Avoid the Lake!

Large programs are as much about bringing people, teams, and organizations together as much as it is about building and delivering technology. This talk is a brief overview of frequently overlooked steps in execution and proposes small changes to consider to significantly reduce friction during execution.

Speakers: Kripa Krishnan

August 27, 2020

Large programs are as much about bringing people, teams, and organizations together as much as it is about building and delivering technology. This talk is a brief overview of frequently overlooked steps in execution and proposes small changes to consider to significantly reduce friction during execution.

Personal reflection

After watching the talk, take a few minutes to think about the following:

  1. What sources of friction in execution have you run into?
  2. Have there been times when doing some additional work upfront may have saved a lot of time and energy later on?