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Jump into the Demoscene: Where Logic, Creativity, and Artistic Expression Merge

The demoscene is a vibrant, creative subculture where you can use mathematics, algorithms, creativity, and a wee bit of chaos to express yourself. In this article, I want to inspire you to grab the opportunity to get your voice and vision on the table, and show you that the demoscene is not only for mathematical wizards.

Espen Sande Larsen
on Oct 30, 2024
Culture & Methods

How to Build and Foster High-Performing Software Teams: Experiences from Engineering Managers

Engineering managers can enable software teams to learn and improve, and help them move problems and impediments out of the way. In this virtual panel, we'll discuss how engineering managers support teams, what skills they possess, and how they establish alignment and foster knowledge and experience sharing between teams.

Ben Linders Olga Kubassova Michael Gray Hannah Foxwell
on May 10, 2024
Culture & Methods

InfoQ Culture & Methods Trends Report - April 2024

The Culture and Methods trends report discusses evolving roles within teams, the way the staff plus roles are able to add value, the use and misuse of DevEx metrics, how remote work continues to evolve, a lack of diversity is still a challenge, and the need to move from climate change awareness to climate conscious software engineering.

Shane Hastie Jutta Eckstein Ben Linders Susan McIntosh Rafiq Gemmail Craig Smith
on Apr 09, 2024
Culture & Methods

Advice for Engineering Managers: Enabling Developers to Become (More) Creative

As an engineering manager, it is your responsibility to help facilitate creative thinking skills among the development team, but that's easier said than done. This article provides advice on how can you help amplify the creative thinking skills of your software development colleagues. We examine how different levels of creativity influence creativity and strategies to encourage creativity.

Wouter Groeneveld
on Feb 29, 2024
Culture & Methods

Generative AI and Organizational Resilience

Generative AI will profoundly transform communication and information sharing over the next decade, but the change will be uneven across industries and roles. Organizations should empower workers to use AI augmentation thoughtfully, while building literacy on capabilities and limits. A balanced, conscientious integration, using iterations and customer feedback, will produce the best outcomes.

Alex Cruikshank
on Jan 23, 2024
Culture & Methods

Leadership & Effective Communication - Panel Discussion

InfoQ spoke to several technical leaders to understand how they adapt their communication strategies for the current challenges in the distributed and technology-driven workplaces.

Patricia Kong Adam Schirmacher Jesse McGinnis James Stanier Susan McIntosh
on Dec 11, 2023
Culture & Methods

Navigating Complex Interpersonal Relationships: Co-Creating Deliberate Workplace Connection

As an employee or leader, you are in a relationship with each other and with the organization. You face the tension of traditional ways of working vs new ways of working in the call for more work-from-home policies, and more work/life balance. This article outlines the mindset and actions that can be taken to better navigate complex relationships leading to a more humanistic way of working.

Jessica Katz
on Dec 05, 2023
Culture & Methods

Adopting Asynchronous Collaboration in Distributed Software Teams

Meetings can be a major time-sink for distributed teams. While they can be valuable, if we reach for them as a default way of working, we inadvertently create a fragmented team calendar. This can be a drain on productivity, especially for knowledge workers who need time to focus on deep work. This article discusses the benefits of asynchronous collaboration and how to implement it on your team.

Sumeet Gayathri Moghe
on Nov 29, 2023
Culture & Methods

Agile Coaching as a Path toward a Deeper Meaning of Work and Life

In this article, we take a deeper look at the practice and purpose of agile coaching. We find out why interactions are the most essential focus in agile coaching - and also the basis of learning and professional development for the agile coaches themselves. We also learn how focusing on our existing strengths and situations can help us discover our authentic purpose in work and life.

Ari-Pekka Skarp
on Nov 16, 2023
Culture & Methods

Becoming More Assertive: How to Express Yourself, Give Feedback, and Set Boundaries

Do you know that feeling, when you are brave enough to say ‘NO’ and then you don’t feel comfortable about it? This article provides a proper understanding of what an assertiveness skill is. You will learn how to identify the communication skills we need to work on to become more assertive, and get information about the characteristics and skills of assertive people.

Marta Firlej
on Aug 16, 2023
Culture & Methods

How Emotional Connections Can Drive Change: Applying Fearless Change Patterns

When trying to bring innovation into an organization, communication is important. It is vital to share information in a clear and logical way, but it is just as important to understand and accept how people are feeling about the innovation. To do this, leaders can make use of strategies that help them create an emotional connection.

Mary Lynn Manns
on Aug 09, 2023
Culture & Methods

Autism at the Workplace: Autism Coaching as a Methodology

As a person with autism or other neurodiversity, it’s important to get to know yourself really well. It’s even better if another person can get to know you from the inside-out. Dennie Declercq and his mom Ivette Marchand found a way to allow for open and vulnerable communication between them. They made Declercq’s life-manual, which enables him to be happy and productive as a software developer.

Ben Linders Dennie Declercq Ivette Marchand
on Jul 05, 2023