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InfoQ Homepage Presentations Evolving Culture and Values. Understanding the Tradeoffs. Growth through Failure. The Importance of Leadership and Open Communication.

Evolving Culture and Values. Understanding the Tradeoffs. Growth through Failure. The Importance of Leadership and Open Communication.

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Pedram Keyani discusses the importance of evolving the culture and values of an organization, dealing with tradeoffs, learning from failure, proper leadership and open communication.

Bio

Pedram Keyani is an Engineering Director at Facebook who joined Facebook in 2007. In his 6+ years at Facebook he spent most of his time building the Site Integrity team which is responsible for protecting people on Facebook and spam fighting. Pedram has organized most hackathons at Facebook since joining and has worked to scale up hackathons as the company has grown.

About the conference

Software is Changing the World. QCon empowers software development by facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation in the developer community. A practitioner-driven conference, QCon is designed for technical team leads, architects, engineering directors, and project managers who influence innovation in their teams.

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Mar 11, 2014

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