Engineering Culture by InfoQ

Discover how courageous leadership can empower teams to tackle enterprise challenges while fostering a culture of experimentation and innovation. Dive into the connection between technology advancements and business impact. Learn to value the lessons from failed experiments and celebrate the learning journey. Explore the principles of evolutionary architecture, embracing rapid change and flexibility in software development. Recognizing diverse perspectives can unlock valuable ideas, making customer-centric approaches the priority for thriving organizations.

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Joshua Kerievsky CEO of Industrial Logic and Heidi Helfand Director of Engineering Excellence at Procore Technologies and author of the book Dynamic Reteaming about their talk High Performance via Psychological Safety Why listen to this podcast: • You cannot have a high performing team unless you have psychological safety • Creating a safe environment is hard, and it must go beyond just lip service • Take the time to have crucial conversations early rather than later • The quality of the products we produce is a direct reflection of the quality of the conversations we have in our teams

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Denise Jacobs about her keynote talk on Banishing your Inner Critic. Why listen to this podcast: • Imposter syndrome is a real thing and it has many manifestations • Getting into a flow state results in massive productivity increases and is highly rewarding • Creativity is a practice and needs to be exercised • Creativity Denial is rife in the tech industry – “I’m not creative”, whereas many technical skills require highly creative thinking • Recognise that creativity is not just about the artistic field – it’s not about whether or not you are creative, it’s about how you are creative More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2y35Zum You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Want to see extented shownotes? Check the landing page on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2y35Zum

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to David Marquet about his keynote talk at the recent Agile 2017 conference and his book – Turn the Ship Around. Why listen to this podcast: - Create organizations for the future that have the right balance of thinking (blue-work) and doing (red-work) - The person doing the work has much more contextual information about the situation than any manager or commander - Empowerment on its own is not enough – strong technical/domain knowledge is a necessary precondition - Match the language you use to the type of activity being done – thinking vs doing, blue-work or red-work More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2grZxbR You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Want to see extented shownotes? Check the landing page on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2grZxbR

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Jez Humble about his Agile 2017 Keynote talk in which he refuted many of the common excuses why “continuous delivery won’t work here”. He also gave a scathing response to the “Manifestbro” controversy which recently unfolded at Google. Why listen to this podcast: Key takeaways about DevOps: - There are many reasons cited for not adopting DevOps – the real reasons are cultural and architectural issues - It takes commitment and effort at every level to rearchitect not just the products but the organisation to support the new ways of working - Even if you are not deploying every day, the practices of DevOps deliver huge dividends around reducing development costs, improving quality and maintainability and driving shorter lead - It’s not about repeating what someone else has done, it’s the ability to make mistakes and learn from them which makes teams and organisations successful Key takeaways on the gender diversity challenge: - In 2017 we should have come beyond the need to address these issues but the state of the industry means we must - There is extensive research that shows the differences are tiny between the genders, and this cannot explain the vast disparity in representation in the industry by women and people of colour - The harm done by perpetuating the myths around gender differences - We all have a duty to create an inclusive environment - Examine your organisation’s systems, policies and practices for the visible elements of discrimination and fix them – check salaries and career advancement by role and if there is a gender or race difference in the rates of pay or advancement then fix them - Introducing Inclusive Collaboration and calling for participation and having the conversations about the many aspects of diversity in the workplace today More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2hYYH6G You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Want to see extented shownotes? Check the landing page on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2hYYH6G

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Patrick Kua from ThoughtWorks on growing technical leadership and evolutionary architecture Why listen to this podcast: - There is a significant gap in technical leadership capability in teams and across the industry as a whole - Your experience as a developer doesn’t prepare you for a tech lead roleRecognize that the skills and responsibilities are very different and find ways to build the new skills – training, mentoring and support - Software will continue to be changed so it is important to build it for changeability from the beginning - Many of the big decisions which are made at the beginning of a product’s life will change over time, build the ability to change into the core architectural design More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2vy4xl4 You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Want to see extented shownotes? Check the landing page on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2vy4xl4

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Larry Cooper about the Agility Series – a collection of books and other resources which explore what agility means in many different dimensions. Why reading to this podcast: - Value management is about doing the right thing, rather than doing lots of stuff, right - The reason for doing something should always trace back to an organisational strategic goal, and if it doesn’t then we’re wasting the organisation’s money - Introducing the ideas of cultural agility - the ability to understand multiple local contexts and work within them to obtain business results - A strategic intent is not a statement of fact, it is a current direction which can changeSustainability and resilience are enhanced through agility - Everything changes – the practices we are using now won’t be the ones we will use in the future, be adaptive to changing everything about how we do work More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2udfFPw You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Want to see extented shownotes? Check the landing page on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2udfFPw

In this podcast recorded at QCon New York 2017 Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Debbie Madden, CEO of Stride on communication advice and techniques for technical teams and what it takes for build truly great teams. Why listen to this podcast: - The most effective teams have a true advantage in today’s organisations - The danger of coddling “rock star” performers - Create working environments that are flexible, welcoming and diverse - The value of healthy conflict - having a team environment where it is safe to disagree, not just within the team but across organisational levels - Becoming a really effective team needs constant effort, it doesn’t just happen and it must be maintained More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2uRuDz2 You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hotest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Want to see extented shownotes? Check the landing page on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2uRuDz2

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Alex Qin following on from her QCon London talk “Shaving My Head Made Me A Better Programmer”. Why listen to this podcast: - Casual discrimination and unconscious bias is rife in society, and very prevalent in tech - The need to have many more people in the field who don’t fit the preconceived mould of a programmer - The complexity of the overall system means we need to tackle discrimination at many levels in many different aspects - One person can make a difference - Call things out when you see things that are wrong – speak up, show up and shield those who can’t shield themselves More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2ugjaZY You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Want to see extented shownotes? Check the landing page on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2ugjaZY

In this podcast recorded in London Shane Hastie, InfoQ Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Colart Miles about leading towards innovative cultures and running startup weekends. Why listen to this podcast: - It’s not about rank or status – it’s about the value you bring to the team environment - Identifying a process for bringing an idea from inception to market and sharing that with others through Startup Weekends - Startup Weekend events in 160 countries, over 500000 people have participated around the world - The need to build resilience into the problem-solving community to tackle the big issues facing humanity - The value of “flearnings” – small experiments where the cost of failure is low and learning happens rapidly - The cost of failure goes up if you try to avoid it, it goes down if you lean in to it More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2rS5dN5 You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hotest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Want to see extented shownotes? Check the landing page on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2rS5dN5