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InfoQ Culture & Methods Trends Report - April 2024

The Culture and Methods trends report discusses evolving roles within teams, the way the staff plus roles are able to add value, the use and misuse of DevEx metrics, how remote work continues to evolve, a lack of diversity is still a challenge, and the need to move from climate change awareness to climate conscious software engineering.

Shane Hastie Jutta Eckstein Ben Linders Susan McIntosh Rafiq Gemmail Craig Smith
on Apr 09, 2024
Culture & Methods

Making Time for Our Mental Health and Well-Being within the Hybrid / Remote Workplace

So often, well-intended hybrid/remote organisations and leaders will focus on surface level mental health/well-being support initiatives. This article will highlight the importance of addressing this important topic from a holistic perspective, addressing systemic processes and policies to ensure they have the “whole person” in mind.

Helen Bartimote
on May 01, 2023
Culture & Methods

Respect. Support. Connect. The Manager’s Role in Building a Great Remote Team

As managers, we face challenges in terms of needs, accessibility, gender, nationalities, and other conditions that influence our teams and working environments. We cannot build projects based on Excel sheets only, not considering peoples’ preferences and options for personal growth. We need to see real people – even if we meet them in a virtual working environment only.

Kinga Witko
on Apr 26, 2023
Culture & Methods

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.

Mehnaaz Abidi
on Feb 28, 2023
Culture & Methods

Enabling Effective Remote Working - Principles and Patterns from Team Topologies

This article shares ideas, principles, and practices from Team Topologies (and related topics) to help organizations approach their structures' design and evolution to better support interactions in remote working. It also shares examples to showcase their impact when used to better approach organizational design, in general, and particularly to support remote working.

Eduardo da Silva Rich Allen
on Dec 01, 2022
Culture & Methods

How SaaS Platforms Can Provide Career Opportunities to "Quiet Quitters"

The pandemic-era work-at-home trend has caused some workers to decide they enjoyed it so much they refused to return to the office. Many would rather be fired, creating a sizable opportunity for SaaS developers. Work-from-home businesses require SaaS platforms that enable entrepreneurs to connect with their customers and handle their workflow. Here's some inspiration to get developers started.

Grant Barra
on Nov 29, 2022
Culture & Methods

Using Remote Agile Governance to Create the Culture Organisations Need

Governance and culture are inextricably intertwined, and creating an environment where people thrive is the most important governance responsibility. Sadly, in many organisations governance is perceived as slowing things down and impeding progress, yet effective governance is an enabler that removes blockages and enables flow.

James McMenamin Tony Ponton
on Oct 27, 2022
Culture & Methods

Technology and Tooling Critical Factors for Successful Hybrid and Remote Workplaces

In order to provide employees with the flexibility to work where they want while also maintaining a strong culture of belonging and connection, tech leaders need to talk to the C-Suite and their HR departments about leveraging technology tools that have been proven to boost engagement and employee retention.

Dr Natalie Baumgartner
on Oct 05, 2022
Culture & Methods

Hidden Habits Killing Your Remote Team’s Ability to Collaborate Effectively

Some habits carried over from in-person work continue to damage collaboration and engagement for hybrid and remote teams. By not addressing these habits, teams are experiencing deteriorating morale, lack of trust and connection required for meaningful collaboration. Here are four examples of habits leaders can address today to build more connected, engaged and innovative teams.

Bryan Stallings
on Sep 14, 2022
Culture & Methods

Smashing Silos: Scaling up an Energy Tech Disrupter Remotely

Being a small EnTech disruptor in a rapidly evolving market can feel a bit daunting; add in an acquisition, a rebrand and twice the team members that you had a year ago and you have a recipe for growing pains. Here is how we leaned on our strengths and pulled experience from all directions to allow for team member fulfilment during a breakneck growth spurt.

Rebecca Mahoney Andy Molineux
on Jun 29, 2022
Culture & Methods

Making Agile Work in Asynchronous and Hybrid Environments

Making Agile work in the age of hybrid and remote teams requires extra effort to stay aligned and collaborative. This article explores how development teams can stay agile, even when face-to-face collaboration isn’t an option, by using visual collaboration to build context and alignment, and adopting new practices for engaging meetings.

Varun Parmar
on May 04, 2022
Culture & Methods

InfoQ Culture & Methods Trends Report - March 2022

The culture and methods trends report for 2022 shows that organizations, teams, and individuals face challenges on multiple fronts. Tackling hybrid work, the impact of the great resignation, wellness, diversity, and inclusion are topics that leaders need to address head-on to build creative and collaborative cultures

Shane Hastie Sandy Mamoli Douglas Talbot Ben Linders Craig Smith Rafiq Gemmail Shaaron A Alvares
on Mar 31, 2022