Accelerating digital transformation means creating a great engineering culture

Also, meeting efficiency in a hybrid world, crafting goals, giving and getting feedback and more.

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Accelerating digital transformation means creating a great engineering culture (Ben Issa / SD Times)

• Great engineering culture is crucial for successful digital transformation and growth.
• Equipping engineers with the right tools and up-to-date technology is essential for productivity and problem-solving.
• Continuous upskilling and reskilling guarantees engineers stay agile and updated with industry trends.
• Providing autonomy empowers engineers to ideate and deliver impactful solutions, leading to a fulfilling work culture.

Digital disruption is not only about amassing more technology, or even newer technology, but about giving software engineers the space to deliver their agendas and being pivotal in delivering solutions.

Hybrid work has changed meetings forever (Mike Tolliver & Jonathan Sass / HBR)

• Hybrid work has intensified meeting inefficiency; more virtual meetings and up to one-third of them are unnecessary, reducing employee engagement and focus and costing companies billions.
• Research shows employees who participate actively in meetings and use their cameras are more likely to stay with the company.
• Focus on training "power users" who host most meetings to propagate efficient meeting practices across the organization.
• Treat meeting culture as part of company culture; establish best practices and expectations to minimize unnecessary meetings.

More reads

• On goal crafting (Subbu Allamaraju)
• Feedback is what makes everything work (David Cain / Raptitude)
• Rust-powered tool for media summarization (Dr. Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO)

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