LeadDev Berlin 2022 Sangeeta Handa

Empower teams, grow your business, and scale engineering organizations by prioritizing humans, systems, and culture.

Key takeaways
  • Ensure objectives are clear when making decisions
  • Decentralize decision-making to empower teams
  • Focus on business growth, which involves people, systems, and data
  • Keep data thoughtful, structured, and respectful
  • Make sure data is productive and connected to business goals
  • Scale engineering organizations by focusing on humans, systems, and culture
  • Consider the “power of skips” and empower people to make decisions
  • Plan ahead and prioritize data availability and productivity
  • Reduce data bloat and focus on what matters most
  • Make sure teams have cohesion, stakeholder trust, and a moral existence
  • Foster a culture of growth, learning, and excellence
  • Enable leaders to make decisions and take actions
  • Consider the challenges of scaling technical talent and culture
  • Emphasize the importance of reducing production fragility and solving real problems
  • Leverage technology to drive business growth and success