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Speed&Creativity in Recruiting with Farhan Thawar, VP Engineering @ Shopify #10 from 2023-12-13T19:34:41.265300
Farhan Thawar (@fnthawar) , VP of Engineering @ Shopify shares the hiring framework he’s built where 15-minute i...
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AI/ML Start-up Trends with Anna Patterson #70 from 2023-12-13T19:34:40.756385
This is the first episode of our new series “Engineering Founders” featuring software pioneer Anna Patterson (Founder & Managing Partne...
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“Finding Flow” in Engineering Leadership with Rob Zuber #71 from 2023-12-13T19:34:40.751963
The quest to “find flow” as an eng leader can be elusive! Rob Zuber (CTO @ CircleCI) shares about his personal quest to find flow, refining/refocusing responsibilities as CTO, and why he brought...
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Speed&Creativity in Recruiting with Farhan Thawar, VP Engineering @ Shopify #10 from 2022-03-07T07:39:26.569884
Farhan Thawar (@fnthawar) , VP of Engineering @ Shopify shares the hiring framework he’s built where 15-minute i...
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Speed & Creativity in Recruiting with Farhan Thawar, VP Engineering @ Shopify #10 from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.933630
Farhan Thawar (@fnthawar) , VP of Engineering @ Shopify shares the hiring framework he’s built where 15-minute interviews result in both faster placements AND better fits. You’ll hear how to find t...
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Operating under High Pressure with Vidhya Srinivasan, VP/GM @ Google Ads #15 from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.929034
Vidhya Srinivasan shares her framework for how she’s navigated her career and operated under high pressure. You’ll learn the practices she uses to deal with and diffuse pressure plus how to coach a...
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The Value of Being Direct with Eisar Lipkovitz, EVP of Engineering @ Lyft #16 from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.928258
Eisar Lipkovitz shares the value of being direct as well as other insights on leadership. You’ll hear how to practice the art of direct communication, how to prepare for difficult conversations, an...
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Operationalizing Values and Principles with Andrew Fong, VP of Infrastructure @ Dropbox #19 from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.925530
Andrew Fong shares how to identify, operationalize, and reinforce values in your organization as well as his strategies to scale organizations through values-based decision making and in cultivatin...
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Growing Into a VPE - Patterns & Anti-Patterns ft. Cathy Polinsky, Jerry Krikheli, Richard Wong, Erica Lockheimer & Claire Lew #25 from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.919708
A dynamic conversation between 4 current and past VPs of Engineering who cover tons of patterns and anti-patterns about being a VPE! You'll hear how leadership is different in large vs. small compa...
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How to Lead Large Scale Projects with Wendy Shepperd GVP Engineering @ New Relic #31 from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.865009
Wendy Shepperd, GVP Engineering @ New Relic covers how she leads massive-scale strategic programs with precision execution. You’ll hear how to lead great project kickoffs, successfully execute acro...
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Parallel Engineering Paths, Culture Building & Co-Founding (part 2) with Viraj Mody & Tom Kleinpeter #35 from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.861233
We deconstruct two distinct career paths in engineering & leadership, and a co-founder relationship 15 years in the making. In part 2, Tom & Viraj share why they decided to start a company together...
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Get Your Career Unstuck with Quentin Clark #39 from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.857462
Quentin Clark, Managing Director @ General Catalyst shares how to get your career unstuck at different scales & stages! You’ll learn different frameworks you can use to benchmark your growth and id...
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Managing Up with Jan Chong #43 from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.826647
Jan Chong, VP of Engineering @ Tally shares strategies to manage and navigate relationships with your leadership team, direct reports and peers. We cover the fundamentals of managing up, why you ne...
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“Just Work” with Kim Scott & Trier Bryant #44 from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.825878
We cover practical tools to eliminate workplace injustice and help your team “get sh*t done fast and fair” with Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor & Just Work + Trier Bryant, CEO @ Just Work! We d...
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Becoming a site lead, bootstrapping new teams & re-thinking vacation in a pandemic w/ Sarah Clatterbuck #46 from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.824355
Sarah Clatterbuck, Sr. Director of Engineering, YouTube & Google Zurich Site Lead @ Google, shares the story of her transition as a site lead during the covid-19 pandemic. We cover her past experie...
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Attracting Top Talent & Engineering Branding w/ Cosmin Nicolaescu, Kris Rasmussen, Brad Henrickson & Sam Wholley #52 from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.782914
What IS engineering branding? What are the most effective things you can do to immediately improve your engineering brand & attract top talent? This special feature from the ELC Hiring Summit cover...
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Compensation Mindset & Strategy with Thanh Nguyen & Cyrus F #53 from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.782009
This ELC Hiring Summit special feature dives into compensation! We cover where you should start with your comp strategy, how to create consistency/transparency in your program, competing on comp/eq...
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Debate! Flat vs. Hierarchical Organizations w/ Farhan Thawar & Jerry Krikheli #60 from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.775287
Welcome to our community’s FIRST DEBATE! Farhan Thawar (VPE @ Shopify) & Jerry Krikheli (Sr. Director of Engineering @ Facebook) hash out which org structure should rule them all… Should you go fla...
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BONUS: Building Your AI Organization with Maia Brenner from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.771779
Maia Brenner (AI Specialist & Head of Business Development @ Tryolabs) shares the fundamentals to begin your company’s AI/ML journey! We cover the most common challenges & pitfalls eng leaders face...
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The Impact of Mentoring & Paying It Forward with Li Fan #64 from 2022-02-21T16:30:51.770628
Li Fan (CTO @ Circle) shares about the power of mentoring and the impact of paying it forward! We cover Li’s career journey, the mentors that have inspired and shaped her leadership, and how Li’s p...
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Why Engineering Needs a Seat at the Negotiating Table with Melody Hildebrandt #72 from 2022-02-15T17:21:43
M&As can be a major disruption for engineering orgs… so how can eng leaders strategically approach deal structuring in a way that benefits instead of distracts? Melody Hildebrandt (EVP Eng / CISO @...
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Surprising Lessons from Sales with Maulie Dass #69 from 2022-01-25T15:01:36
What lessons can you learn from the strange and unfamiliar world of the sales team? Maulie Dass (Global Lead @ Cisco Innovation Labs) has experienced both worlds and joins to share what she’s le...
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Transitioning to Crypto with Lewis Tuff, VPE @ Blockchain.com #68 from 2022-01-18T14:58:09
Lewis Tuff (VP of Engineering @ Blockchain.com) joins us to share his experience on building a career in the cryptocurrency space! We cover his transition from traditional finance/tech to crypto, h...
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Building Inclusive Products with Jeremy King #67 from 2022-01-11T09:00
Jeremy King (SVP of Engineering @ Pinterest) discusses some of the challenges, principles & frameworks behind building inclusive products. We also cover filtering decisions through your company mis...
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Trailer: Our 2022 Season Launches Next Week! from 2021-12-28T22:45:10
Our 2022 season starts next week on Tues 1/4! Check out this trailer for a preview of our first few guests covering topics like burnout, building inclusive products, and making the career transitio...
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We'll Be Back January 2022! from 2021-10-20T20:59:07
We’re taking a break to make a few BIG updates to the show and will return in January 2022! We won’t be completely gone... We’re releasing a few “experimental” episodes and preparing to announce th...
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Building Autonomous Teams & Engineering Career Ladders with Sri Viswanath #65 from 2021-10-12T10:00
Sri Viswanath (CTO @ Atlassian) shares Atlassian’s approach to building autonomous teams, the story behind Project Pascal & how Atlassian built their engineering career ladder! You’ll learn Sri’s 3...
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Speed vs. Quality with Richard Wong #63 from 2021-09-28T12:00
Richard Wong (SVP of Engineering @ Coursera) shares how the dilemma of speed & quality evolves as a company scales. We cover how to balance building new features & fixing quality issues, internal &...
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Changing Priorities & Making Massive Engineering Pivots with Vivian Shen #62 from 2021-09-21T11:00
Juni scaled 2x-3x week-over-week in the 1st month of Covid-19 restrictions. Vivian Shen (Co-Founder & CEO @ Juni Learning) shares why they had to massively shift priorities from growth to internal ...
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The “Energy Audit,” Reclaiming Your Time, & Increasing Ownership with Brad Henrickson #61 from 2021-09-14T13:21
Brad Henrickson (Leadership Coach, Former CTO @ Scoop Technologies) shares how to reclaim ownership of your time by using an energy/calendar audit! You’ll learn the mechanics of how to conduct an e...
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Lessons on Hyper-Growth & Scaling w/ David Singleton & Bill Coughran #59 from 2021-08-31T15:05:55
You've found the mythical product-market fit & are scaling fast... now what?! Bill Coughran (Partner @ Sequoia Capital; Former SVP Engineering @ Google) & David Singleton (CTO @ Stripe) cover commo...
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Build or Buy: Scaling Through Acquisitions & Ownership w/ Marianna Tessel & Aileen Lee #58 from 2021-08-24T13:00
Marianna Tessel (CTO @ Intuit) & Aileen Lee (Founder/Managing Partner @ Cowboy Ventures) cover how to navigate the build vs. buy decision! They share the frameworks they use to make a “buy” decisio...
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BONUS: Internal mobility, mission-driven decisions, & self-service infrastructure w/ Guillermo Fisher from 2021-08-24T12:00
Guillermo Fisher (Director of Engineering, Infrastructure @ Handshake) shares the impact of mission & values alignment, supporting your team’s internal mobility & professional growth, plus interest...
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Productivity Practices to Scale Your Time & Mind w/ Ashton Kutcher & Ryan Petersen #57 from 2021-08-17T18:53:13
This episode covers productivity practices to scale both your time & mind with Ashton Kutcher (Actor & Investor) & Ryan Petersen (CEO @ Flexport). They share their most essential productivity tools...
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Strategies for Closing Engineering Candidates with Darian Shimy #56 from 2021-08-12T11:00
This episode covers effective strategies to help you “close” engineering candidates with Darian Shimy (VP of Engineering, Weebly @ Square). We share how to strategically approach closing throughout...
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Technical Interview Tips for Effective Communication w/ Lusen Mendel & Rohit Grover #55 from 2021-08-11T11:00
This special feature covers strategies to lead an effective technical interview! Through live examples, we share your 3 main responsibilities, how to give clarity & guidance, set candidates at ease...
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Strategies to Tend, Feed & Grow your Professional Network w/ Dan Portillo & Jim Cook #54 from 2021-08-10T11:00
This ELC Hiring Summit special feature explores tactics & strategies to help you build powerful relationships & professional network! We cover the impact of vulnerability, why you should focus on “...
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Building a Diverse Hiring Pipeline with Ragini Holloway & Gabe Westmaas #51 from 2021-07-27T19:00
This ELC Hiring Summit special feature covers building a diverse hiring pipeline! You’ll hear how to approach DE&I holistically & what success looks like beyond the metrics. Plus how to balance hea...
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Optimizing & Scaling Your Hiring Process w/ Vinithra Varadharajan, Cat Miller & Keng He #50 from 2021-07-27T10:00
This special feature from the ELC Hiring Summit covers optimizing and scaling your hiring process! You’ll learn signs that indicate it’s time to optimize/scale, tactics to create a consistent hirin...
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Sourcing Engineering Candidates in a Remote World w/ Kah Seng Tay, Shauna Geraghty & Mike Pinkowish #49 from 2021-07-20T12:00
This special feature from the ELC Hiring Summit covers everything sourcing engineering candidates! You’ll hear the latest sourcing trends, most effective sourcing tactics, how to get candidates att...
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The State of Hiring w/ Maia Josebachvili, Bret Reckard & Erica Lockheimer #48 from 2021-07-20T11:00
This special feature from the ELC Hiring Summit explores the current state of hiring and how the rise of remote work will affect sourcing engineering candidates, the interview process, and compensa...
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Building technology that endures with Melissa Binde #47 from 2021-07-13T11:00
Melissa Binde, VP Engineering, Cloud @ Splunk, shares lessons from her time building Amazon Apollo. You’ll hear the origin story of Amazon Apollo, how to define the right problem, identify the righ...
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Non-Incremental Career Transitions with Asif Makhani #45 from 2021-06-29T11:00
Asif Makhani, CTO @ Handshake shares about making non-incremental career transitions, unique opportunities at startups, and exercising influence at mid-stage companies. Plus Asif shares questions t...
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Summer Break - Back in 2 Weeks! from 2021-06-15T11:00
We’re taking a quick break for the next two weeks and will return on Tues 6/29/21! When we return, Asif Makhani, CTO @ Handshake, joins us to share his experience making company transitions! Sarah ...
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Reflections on Incidents & Resilience with Nick Rockwell #42 from 2021-05-25T11:00
Nick Rockwell, SVP of Engineering & Infrastructure @ Fastly shares his recent reflections on incidents, resiliency, blamelessness, and accountability. You’ll hear why the heroic model of incident r...
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Bridging the Gender Gap with Christina Wick #41 from 2021-05-18T11:00
We have a conversation with Christina Wick, CTO @ Flowcode, on the current state of the gender gap in tech and what we can do as engineering leaders to actively bridge that gap. We cover stories of...
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Unlock Developer Productivity AND Happiness with Allan Leinwand #40 from 2021-05-11T11:00
Allan Leinwand, SVP of Engineering @ Slack shares his core philosophy & approach to creating developer productivity AND happiness! You’ll learn how Allan combines what developers want most + metric...
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Align & Scale Engineering AND Product with Jeremy Henrickson #38 from 2021-04-27T11:00
Jeremy Henrickson VP Engineering & Product @ Rippling shares how to align, lead and scale a combined engineering and product organization! You’ll learn about the common tension points while scaling...
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Navigate Career Pivots with John Kim #37 from 2021-04-20T11:00
John Kim has had an unconventional career, pivoting from professional gamer to software developer, to serial entrepreneur. We discuss how to assess your career, make pivots, and balance your growth...
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Superpowers, Psychological Safety & Empowering Your Team with Tia Caldwell #36 from 2021-04-13T11:00
Tia Caldwell, former Director of Engineering @ Slack, shares different frameworks she’s used to motivate teams and unlock their superpowers! We cover methods to identify, maximize, & balance streng...
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Parallel Engineering Paths, Culture Building & Co-Founding (part 1) with Viraj Mody & Tom Kleinpeter #34 from 2021-03-30T11:00
We deconstruct two distinct career paths in engineering & leadership and a co-founder relationship 15 years in the making! Tom & Viraj share formative startup experiences that shaped their careers ...
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Build Your Personal Board of Directors with Harpaul Sambhi Founder & CEO @ Magical #33 from 2021-03-23T15:04:19
Harpaul Sambhi, Founder & CEO @ Magical reveals the tools he uses to accelerate his personal and professional growth. You’ll learn how to engineer successful outcomes with your goals through accoun...
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Ask Powerful Questions with Alexis Rask, Executive Coach & Partner @ Sweat Equity Ventures #32 from 2021-03-16T11:00
Alexis Rask, Executive Coach & Partner @ Sweat Equity Ventures shares how to ask powerful questions. You’ll hear simple tactical ways to increase the power of your questions, what the most powerful...
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Remove Fear of Failure From Your Org with Edward Kim Co-Founder & CTO @ Gusto #29 from 2021-02-23T12:00
Edward Kim, co-founder & CTO @ Gusto shares the different forms that “fear of failure” can take in your engineering org. Eddie shares incredible stories to help you spot the different signs of “fea...
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Trailer: 2021 Season Launches Next Week! from 2021-02-17T18:29:36
We’re launching our new season next week! Check out this trailer for a preview of our first few guests... Eddie Kim (Co-Founder/CTO @ Gusto), Wendy Shepperd (GVP Engineering @ New Relic), and Will ...
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"The Imperfect Path" with Erica Lockheimer VPE, LinkedIn Learning @ LinkedIn #28 from 2020-09-28T02:20:59
Erica Lockheimer shares with us her imperfect path to engineering leadership, why the unconventional path matters, and what you can do as an individual leader & organization to empower engineering ...
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Leading AI/ML Teams with Craig Martell Head of LyftML @ Lyft #27 from 2020-09-20T17:59:18
Craig Martell shares the biggest mistakes leaders of ML teams make, what to do if you have no experience leading an ML team, key skills your ML team needs, plus different models/approaches to build...
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Give Up Control and Expand Your Impact with Maria Latushkin CTO @ Omada Health #26 from 2020-09-13T17:23:34
“Giving up control” is about empowering other people to scale yourself, and scale your effectiveness. Maria Latushkin shares with us why you need to give up control as an engineering leader and wha...
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*Bonus* Optimizing Productivity for Remote Engineering Teams with Doug Gaff, VPE @ Zapier & Emma Tang, EM @ Stripe #24 from 2020-08-30T15:01:40
We were overwhelmed by questions from our event with Doug and Emma! This is a bonus follow up conversation that further digs into measuring productivity through “Waterlining” and Kaplan Meier estim...
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Optimizing Productivity for Remote Engineering Teams with Doug Gaff, VPE @ Zapier & Emma Tang, EM @ Stripe #23 from 2020-08-30T14:40:44
Doug Gaff and Emma Tang discuss high-bandwidth communication, innovation accounting, preventing developer burnout, influencing teams, and communicating priorities. They’ll help you move from frustr...
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How to Become a Startup VPE with Martin Casado, General Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz & Sonal Chokshi, Editor in Chief @ Andreessen Horowitz #22 from 2020-08-27T08:00
Martin Casado and Sonal Chokshi explore what makes a great VP of Engineering at startups! You’ll hear how successful VPEs are evaluated, the ideal experience and success criteria. You’ll hear rapid...
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Conscious Career Growth (part 2) with Wade Chambers, CTO & SVP of Engineering @ Grand Rounds #21 from 2020-08-16T14:42:38
Your job as an engineering leader is to win and increase your capacity to win. In Part 2, Wade Chambers discusses how to measure success for engineering leaders, what great looks like, AND how to i...
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Conscious Career Growth (part 1) with Wade Chambers, CTO & SVP of Engineering @ Grand Rounds #20 from 2020-08-10T00:42:22
Wade Chambers discusses how to learn anything by applying “conscious growth” and neuroplasticity to your career. You’ll learn how to get unstuck, and move your career forward. Plus Wade also shares...
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Building a Successfully "Spiky" Org (Part 2), with Jean-Denis Greze, Head of Engineering @ Plaid #18 from 2020-07-26T08:00
Organizational change is hard. In part 2, Jean-Denis Greze explores how you can adapt and transform the strengths, capabilities or “spikes” of your organization by intentionally using the strategie...
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Building a Successfully "Spiky" Org (Part 1), with Jean-Denis Greze, Head of Engineering @ Plaid #17 from 2020-07-16T08:00
Organizational change is hard. Jean-Denis Greze shares how he thinks about building organizations that can adapt in a way that preserves strengths, mitigates weaknesses, and develops new capabiliti...
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Part 2 - Coaching, Delegation and Trust with Darian Shimy, Engineering Lead @ Square #14 from 2020-06-25T06:00
Darian Shimy (@dshimy) shares the lessons he’s learned as a longtime sports coach and engineering leader. You’ll learn coaching techniques he’s applied in his engineering teams you can leverage to ...
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Part 1 - Coaching, Delegation and Trust with Darian Shimy, Engineering Lead @ Square #13 from 2020-06-18T15:48:19
Darian Shimy (@dshimy) shares the lessons he’s learned as a longtime sports coach and engineering leader. You’ll learn coaching techniques he’s applied in his engineering teams you can leverage to ...
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Leading Through Uncertainty with David Silverman #12 from 2020-05-22T19:25:20
David Silverman (@dksilverman) shares how to prioritize effectively, regain productivity, compartmentalize pain, and accelerate your rate of learning to succeed through a crisis. You’ll also hear h...
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Managing Remotely: How to Give Critical Feedback Effectively with Jonathan Raymond #11 from 2020-05-14T08:00
How do you have an effective performance conversation during a pandemic? Jonathan Raymond (@jonathanrefound) will introduce us to a super-easy to use and effective framework to provide critical fee...
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Technology, Leadership, & Opportunity with Max Levchin, former CTO @ PayPal & Ben Jun, CEO @ HVF Labs #9 from 2020-04-28T19:37:38
Max Levchin shares lessons and stories that have been critical to his development as an engineering leader. He shares stories from the early PayPal days and foundational insights for leading Aff...
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The Role of Engineering Leaders in Recruiting with Aditya Agarwal former CTO @ Dropbox & Dan Portillo Talent Partner @ Greylock #8 from 2020-04-28T19:37:04
What should be the role of engineering leaders in recruiting? What levers do they have at their disposal? In this fireside chat, you'll hear the perspectives of two recruiting heavy-hitters, Adi...
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Zooming Out From Engineering: featuring Alyssa Henry, Head of Seller & Developer Business Units @ Square & Chanda Dharap, VP of Engineering @ NodeSource #7 from 2020-04-28T19:36:42
Alyssa and Chanda share stories and mental frameworks about how to strategically think about and accelerate your career journey. You’ll hear examples of how to navigate between large and small c...
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How to Tackle (Organizational) Debt with Jonathan Raymond, Founder & CEO @ Refound #6 from 2020-04-28T19:36:06
While you don't jump out of bed excited about it, you know how powerful it is for morale when you make the choice to tackle technical debt. Learn a framework for how to do the same thing with or...
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Leadership Principles for Remote Teams (and All) with Jason Warner, CTO @ Github #5 from 2020-04-19T17:34:18
Jason Warner (@jasoncwarner), CTO @ Github shares management principles fundamental to how he leads remote engineering teams. He shares how to scale leadership by applying the right tools and fr...
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The Meaning Revolution with Fred Kofman Advisor, Leadership Development @ Google #4 from 2020-03-06T19:47:16
The hardest business problem has a soft solution. Scientists and engineers display a (well-deserved) skepticism toward touchy-feely ideas such as leadership. Fred shows there's a very technical ...
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Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies with Reid Hoffman Co-Founder of LinkedIn, Partner @ Greylock & Sarah Guo, General Partner @ Greylock Partners #3 from 2020-03-06T19:45:45
In an interview between Reid Hoffman and Sarah Guo, they discuss “Blitzscaling” and how companies achieve massive scale at incredible speed. Reid shares insights and lessons on how to prioritize...
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Managing Creative Teams with James Everingham, Head of Engineering, Calibra @ Facebook #2 from 2020-03-06T19:44:57
Facebook’s James Everingham shares about his early leadership and management experiences and the secrets he learned from quantum mechanics to manage creative teams. You’ll hear insights about ho...
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Mastering Difficult Conversations With Sarah Clatterbuck, Director of Engineering @ Google #1 from 2020-03-05T17:00
Difficult conversations for engineering leaders range from telling someone they have lettuce in their teeth to delivering life-changing bad news. Learn to level-up your ability to handle difficu...
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