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How to Improve Developer Productivity 📊 — with Kathryn Koehler (Netflix)

Refactoring Podcast

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Context over Control

The culture values providing context rather than control, where leaders and team members share all relevant information to empower individuals to make decisions at any level. This approach contrasts with traditional command and control structures, as it relies on the expertise and judgment of team members. By pushing decision-making down the hierarchy, it enables more autonomy. Despite challenges in providing all necessary context in larger organizations, the foundation remains strong. Additionally, the culture embraces a loosely coupled, highly aligned approach, trusting different components to work independently and then synchronize efforts, fostering a distributed decision-making and collaborative environment.

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