
Latest videos
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Strategies to hone commercial awareness and drive business outcomes
Learn effective strategies for enhancing commercial awareness in tech teams, turning engineering into a business driver through alignment, impactful initiatives, and stakeholder engagement.
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In partnership with Spacelift
What is developer self-service, and does your org need it?
In this webinar, we hear from engineering leaders who have built developer self service ecosystems, and lessons they learned along the way.
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In partnership with Split by Harness
Speed vs safety: Should we rethink the way we release software?
In this webinar, we ask if it’s possible for engineering leaders to prioritize speed of delivery and proper safety practices.
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Doing “the most important thing” is a trap.
This talk is little about why you need to say No to people more, and how things can go wrong when you don’t learn to do it enough.
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Filling the Void: Operating as a Staff Engineer in a Leaderless Scope
In this talk, we will detail our experiences as Staff Engineers functioning as Tech Leads, Glues and Facilitators in a leaderless role. We’ll discuss the real-world problems we faced, our solutions, and the lessons learned that allowed us to grow as leaders and as an organisation.
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Deming’s Wisdom for Staff+ Engineers: A Modern Take on Timeless Principles
In this talk, we’ll delve into how Staff+ Engineers can embody Deming’s timeless wisdom to enhance quality, productivity, and both employee and customer satisfaction within the modern engineering landscape.
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Architecting for scale: Revisiting fundamentals for sustainable growth
In this talk, Viktor challenges this approach by advocating for adaptability and a return to basics in system design.
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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Creating, defining, and refining an effective tech strategy
Having a defined tech strategy creates alignment and keeps everyone on the same page. So how can you ensure yours is most effective? Panelists Anna Shipman, Randy Shoup, Papanii Nene Okai, Nimisha Asthagiri and Anand Mariappan share their tips.
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Effective remote communication in complex organisations
What are your challenges when communicating with your distributed teams and collaborating asynchronously? Tech leaders Katie Wilde, Dana Lawson, Asanka Jayasuriya, Farhan Thawar & Wambui Kinyashare share their communication strategies for remote orgs.
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Strategies for influencing without exerting authority
How can you communicate and clarify your leadership position, whilst making sure that the needs of your teammates and colleagues are taken into account?
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What VCs want us to know as technical leaders
Are you working at or interested in start-up, scale-up or other Venture Capital-backed businesses?
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A tour of decisions in event-driven architecture
When do we use API calls vs events for interactions? Do we need to build up local replicas from events when we need data from other services?
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Storytelling techniques for creating impactful presentations
Arquay’s session filled with tips on how to use storytelling techniques in your presentations and get your point across in a way that feels natural for you.
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The nitty gritty of scaling software teams
Daniel Burke’s talk on evaluating and adopting appropriate software and design patterns, as well as tips on helping your people develop as your team grows.
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The mentor playbook
By being thoughtful and deliberate in mentoring moments, we can all be a part of creating richer tech communities that foster inclusivity and thrive on collective growth.
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Presenting to executives
Kevin Goldsmith shares strategies for planning your presentation, handling unexpected questions and following up afterward when pitching to executives at your company.
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ICON Framework: Creating Value From Machine Learning
Banjo Obayomi talks about the 4 parts of the ICON framework and how you can apply it to your development cycles to align your efforts and bring business value.
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Designing cultural transformations
Ryn Daniels shares a design process that helps you identify problems with your current culture and brainstorm sustainable solutions and opportunities.
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Habits of highly-performing teams
CTO Charity Majors joined us at #LeadDevLive to talk about everything that went into building a high-performing team at Honeycomb.
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Streamlining the management of multiple websites and apps
Prepare your team to work effectively across contexts
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Strategies for creating an environment of continuous learning
How to prioritize the development of your engineers.
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The Effective Engineer: Edmond Lau in conversation
In this session, Suzan Bond is joined by guest author Edmond Lau to explore how to access the mindsets that will make you truly effective.
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Understanding your team’s velocity
A panel discussion on being able to examine the speed of your team in depth is crucial to propelling them forward.
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Embedding observability into your engineering culture
The journey to thoroughly understanding your systems.
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Crafting hiring processes that reduce bias and create consistency
It’s not just about what happens in the interview
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Career vectors for technical leaders
The more experience you gain as a technical leader the more varied the roles seem to get. Amongst this variation and complexity, how can we develop ourselves and others?
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The road to senior individual contributor
What is leadership in an individual contributor role and how does it differ from being a senior engineer?
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From manager to director and beyond
The most challenging career inflection point for a strong line manager is the move to director.
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Tips & tricks for your own personal development
A panel discussion on how to focus on your own personal development.