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Sep 8, 2023 • 21min
The Two-hour Design Sprint
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Teresa Cain about the Two-hour Design Sprint.
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Sep 1, 2023 • 18min
Leaders Need to Be Coaches to Enable Developer Effectiveness
Guest Phil Alves discusses how leaders can enable developer effectiveness, including measuring key metrics, building a strong culture for effective tracking, becoming mentors and coaches as senior developers, and transitioning from a developer mindset to a skill set.

Aug 25, 2023 • 21min
Developer Enablement at Spotify with Pia Nilsson
Pia Nilsson, Lead Platform Developer at Spotify, discusses creating a great developer experience by fostering psychological safety, building empathy with customers, and co-creating innovative solutions. They also explore the success and challenges of Spotify's Backstage developer portal and the importance of inviting individuals along on the journey.

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Aug 18, 2023 • 20min
The Journey to Staff-Plus Engineer
Shane Hastie speaks to Akhilesh Gupta, a Principal Engineer at LinkedIn, about the journey to a staff-plus role. They discuss the responsibilities of a principal engineer, the importance of soft skills, creating a frictionless developer experience, and the decision-making process between management and individual contributor roles.

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Aug 11, 2023 • 19min
Building and Nurturing Great Teams
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Nick van Wiggeren of PlanetScale about what it takes to build and nurture great teams.
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Aug 4, 2023 • 30min
Avoiding Burnout and Overload Using Cognitive Systems Engineering
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Dr Laura Maguire about how cognitive systems engineering can help manage stress and burnout in teams and organisations.
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Jul 28, 2023 • 28min
Four Pillars of Digital Transformation
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Asif Iqbal about the four pillars of digital transformation.
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Jul 21, 2023 • 20min
Whatever the Challenge – it’s Always About the People
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Satish Jayanthi CTO of Coalesce about building communication and collaboration skills, avoiding burnout and helping managers facilitate, help and motivate their teams.
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Jul 14, 2023 • 22min
Advice for Remote and Hybrid Leaders
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Julien Danjou of Mergify about creating good remote and hybrid working environments.
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Jul 7, 2023 • 26min
Techno-solutionism, Ethical Technologists and Practical Data Privacy
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Katherine Jarmul of Thoughtworks about the dangers of techno-solutionism, challenges in ethical application of technology and her book Practical Data Privacy.
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