Podcasts

Building Human-Centered Engineering Cultures with Leadership, Diversity, and Trust

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Tara Hernandez about the importance of building generative cultures with strong leadership development, psychological safety, diversity, and transparency over simply chasing new technologies. Technology should be a means to solve meaningful human problems rather than an end in itself.

GitHub Next: how their research and prototyping team operates

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Idan Gazit and Eddie Aftandilian from GitHub Next how their research and prototyping team operates as a "department of fool around and find out", exploring AI-powered developer tools through rapid experimentation and user feedback.

Trust-first Leadership and Building Great Teams

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Natan Žabkar Nordberg about how effective leadership requires treating people as whole humans, giving trust first, implementing guided autonomy with clear boundaries, and building diverse teams through shared experiences.

The High Performance Edge – What Makes Some Organisations Stand Out

In this podcast, Shane Hastie spoke to Steve Spear about the characteristics of high-performance organisations and how leadership enables creativity and productivity.

Jason Thane on Building a Values Based Culture

In this podcast, Shane Hastie spoke to Jason Thane of GenUI about building a company on a values-based culture, how software development is fundamentally about communication and collaboration and advice on interviewing for values fit.