Engineering Culture By Infoq

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Jeff Foster of Red Gate on their approach to continuous learning through 10% time, open space and running an internal conference. Why listen to this podcast: • The best software is software that people • The only secret to great engineering is simplicity • No matter how hard you try to enable people to take the 10% time, they take their deadlines to heart and the natural inclination is to focus on the work rather than the learning time • Teams should not focus on the backlog items they are completing, rather on the difference they are making for the end user of the product • Running a conference is tough, but by engaging the people in the event organisation it can be powerfully successful More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2zdk21C You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www