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Scaling Challenges: Productivity, Cost Efficiency, and Microservice Management
The main objective of this article is to delve into the technical complexities and strategic adjustments undertaken by Trainline. By examining challenges such as managing peak transaction volumes and orchestrating microservice architectures, we aim to uncover the valuable lessons learned and insights gained from Trainline's journey through the dynamic landscape of digital transportation platforms.
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Leading Tech People or Remaining a Software Engineer: What to Choose? Panel Discussion
In this virtual panel, we explore what made people decide to become a leader and how they did it, and we'll find out if we really have to leave tech forever or if there's a way back into engineering.
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Multiplying Engineering Productivity in the Face of Constant Change
Leaders know that they need to support organizational efficiency, but how they do that can vary based on the situation and context of the organization. Learning how to utilize a few key leadership frameworks in certain environments can help maintain the appropriate level of support, urgency, and independence when situations shift.
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How to Rebuild Tech Culture for Those Who Survived the Layoffs
A wave of layoffs hit the software industry and changed the definition of tech culture. This article explores the situation across multiple tech companies, and the diverse choices made to support employees who survived, and those they had to say good-bye to. It provides suggestions for those of us who have stayed behind, and how to rebuild culture in our tech teams.
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What Leaders Can Learn from Computer Games
Has the question ever crossed your mind why computer games are often more successful than leaders? Probably not, as this comparison may sound a little strange and provocative at first. However, when you hear the answer, this comparison will make much more sense to you, especially since it reveals a significant success factor for leadership, as well as agility.
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Embracing Agile Values as a Tech and People Lead
Having worked as a software developer, the agile community has been a great source of inspiration to me to find better ways of working. In my first leadership role, I incorporated the agile mindset which helped me to get everyone working towards a joint goal: refactoring an inherited codebase for scalability, while enabling cross functional teams to work as autonomously as possible.
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Applying Social Leadership to Enhance Collaboration and Nurture Communities
There are many styles and forms of leadership. In this article we explore social leadership, a form of leadership that has helped to challenge views on what leadership truly is and find out what behaviours can help create collaborative cultures and spaces where learning and meaningful engagement matter the most.
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People, Not Screens: Why Soul-Based Leadership Will Change the Nature of Remote and Hybrid Work
Virtual, remote, or hybrid work is the main leadership challenge of our time. Leaders should focus on bringing out humaneness and people's desire to be seen and heard in respectful and appreciative ways. Soul-based leadership is built on neuroscience and other ways of knowing inspired by eastern philosophies in which aliveness is at the heart of awareness, stillness and calm.
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Augmenting Organizational Agility Through Learnability Quotient (LQ) - an Architect’s Perspective
By creating a robust learning framework for the organization, and involving architects and other key technical leaders, Halodoc improved their organizational agility.
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Well-Being with Dr O'Sullivan, Part 1: Tech-Ing Care of Your Team's Mental Health
Dr Michelle O’Sullivan, clinical psychologist, provides advice for managers looking after their teams’ mental wellbeing. Ideas for remote working and pandemic times as well as normal work conditions. Practical researched tips to help your team to stay performing to their best.
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Breaking through Three Common Engineering Myths
This article debunks three common myths that often plague engineers and may be holding them back from reaching their full potential, especially if they are a current or aspiring engineering leader. It also provides some actionable ideas you can implement right away to start making a shift in your own life away from these limiting beliefs.
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The Swiss Army Knife for Technical Leads
Working as Technical Lead is very exciting, every day you have new challenges, new problems to solve and a lot of satisfactions. This article presents some tips in order to improve and empower your teams. There are several techniques to ensure the quality of the products we are working on, but the most important and powerful at the same time is without any doubt the feedback loops.