-­The-­ Elements

-­of-­Scaling

1st Edition

Camille Fournier @skamille Senior Thinker and Raconteur

The 10X Developer

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About me.!

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So I wrote a book…

C++ developers aiding a comrade facing

segfault

culture of fear

The Culture of Trust “Morning Standup”!

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Elements of scaling

speed!Removing bottlenecks to

getting work done!

relatedness!Belonging, safety, vulnerability!

structure!Learning, transparency, and

healthy growth!

conflict!Getting opinions out in the

open!

Speed

Engineers -Like-

To Ship

Autonomy not Coordination

Be impatient

“Waiting for the Build”!!

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Structure Learning Transparency

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Transparency and Learning

“Sysadmin checks if RFC2822 actually allows

publishing the BCC field to all receivers”

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The learning review “Git Blame”, classicprogrammerpaintings.com!

Relatedness

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Vulnerability

Admit guilt. Move on.!

I’m sorry

The One on One

CONFLICT

The Hammer

Curiosity Replace CONFLICT with

No boring Meetings

“A meeting consists of a group of people who have little to say - until after the

meeting.”

-- PK Shaw!

summary •  Move fast, reduce feedback loops, to let people get

quick wins. Engineers like to ship.

•  Structure is neutral. It lets you scale. Be transparent about structure and seek out learning from failure.

•  Practice relating to your colleagues as humans. Trust their good intentions. Apologize when you screw up.

•  Don’t settle for an environment where you can’t ask questions and have active discussion.

Last Standup of a Successful Sprint

empathy is a learnable skill

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Thanks!

•  Book: The Manager’s Path!•  Blog: elidedbranches.com!•  http://

dresscode.renttherunway.com/blog/ladder!

•  https://rework.withgoogle.com/blog/five-keys-to-a-successful-google-team/!

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