Leadership
For people who lead teams that build software. Hiring and onboarding, team structure, giving feedback that lands, growing senior people, and making difficult decisions in the open.
Track hostAmara BoatengFounder and CEO, FernwayLeadership is the track for the people side of building software. The talks deal with the work most managers learn by trial and error: structuring teams around ownership, hiring well under pressure, giving feedback that is heard, and carrying a team through a reorganisation or a hard year.
It suits engineering, design and product managers, directors and founders, and senior individual contributors who lead without the title. The panels on this track keep time for questions, and its workshops are small enough to bring a real problem from your own team.
Amara Boateng curated the track by asking for stories told by the people who made the call, including the ones that did not work out.
Day 1Wednesday 9 June
Leadership· Panel
How big should a product team be now?
Wei Chen, Amara Boateng and 2 more
12:30–13:15Main Stage
Leadership· Talk · Intermediate
The org chart decisions you cannot take back
Noah Whitaker, Monogram
15:20–16:00Studio
Day 2Thursday 10 June
Leadership· Talk · Intermediate
What investors actually read in your product metrics
Wei Chen, Halcyon Ventures
14:30–15:10Main Stage
Leadership· Keynote
The company is the product too
Amara Boateng, Fernway
16:30–17:25Main Stage