title	conference	date
FORTRAN’s AI Playbook: Leadership lessons from history	LDX3 London 2025	2025-06-16
Claims that FORTRAN slashed coding and debugging to under 20% of prior effort, was developed for the IBM 704/7090 mainframes, and proved at the 1957 Western… Talk on
Backwards compatible – Lessons from 25 years in software	LeadDev Berlin 2024	2024-11-04
Career advice distilled from 25 years centers on concrete habits: make the sale in five minutes during interviews, negotiate total compensation, keep a brag… Talk on
Backwards Compatible- Lessons from a Quarter Century in Software	NDC Sydney 2024	2024-02-12
Practical, specific takeaways: first five minutes often decide interview progress; push companies to make interview questions public so nonnative speakers and… Talk on
Managing the Burnout Burndown	NDC Sydney 2024	2024-02-12
Framework prioritizes three actions: burn down illness by improving sleep (white noise, weighted blanket, ~65°F), exercise and basic diet; burn down… Talk on
Backwards Compatible- Lessons from a Quarter Century in Software	NDC Porto 2023	2023-10-16
Over 25 years of practice yields concrete rules: you have about five minutes in interviews to convince someone, be on time and concise, and focus on measurable… Talk on
Backwards Compatible- Lessons from a Quarter Century in Software	Copenhagen Developers Festival 2023	2023-08-28
26 years of experience distills into actionable rules: hiring decisions usually land within five minutes; Help Scout publishes a 20–30 question bank so… Talk on
Managing the Burnout Burndown	RailsConf 2023	2023-04-24
Claim: burnout is the ongoing feeling that today’s resources aren’t enough for tomorrow’s demands and it hits about two thirds of full‑time workers (23% very… Talk on
Keynote: Managing the Burnout Burndown	NDC Oslo 2022	2022-09-26
Defines burnout as “today’s resources not enough for tomorrow’s demands,” cites Gallup (23% burned out, 44% sometimes) and Harvard Business School ($125–190B… Talk on
Remotely Operated - Managing Scattered Teams	Craft Conference 2022	2022-06-02
Argues that “scattered” fits better than remote and gives three concrete practices: self-management (model PTO, prioritize sleep and stress so managers don’t… Talk on
Leadership Lessons from the Agile Manifesto	NDC Porto 2022	2022-04-25
Applies the four Agile Manifesto values as decision rubrics for leaders: preserve dignity in hiring and firing (publishes interview questions in the Help Scout… Talk on
Lending Privilege	NDC Oslo 2021	2021-11-29
Argues that people can use everyday access to change careers: credibility lending (Leonard Nimoy negotiates equal pay for Nichelle Nichols; Stephen Colbert… Talk on
Managing the Burnout Burndown	Craft Conference 2021	2021-06-02
Software teams face measurable burnout: Gallup finds 23% very often and 44% sometimes burned out; WHO reclassifies burnout in 2019; Harvard links high work… Talk on
Managing the Burnout Burndown	NDC Sydney 2020	2020-08-31
Surveyed research shows nearly two thirds of workers feel burnout (23% very often, 44% sometimes) and employers incur roughly $190B in related costs; chronic… Talk on
Lending Privilege	DevRelCon Earth 2020	2020-06-30
Argues that anyone can share measurable access by practicing three concrete acts: credibility lending — give a junior engineer the slot in an executive meeting… Talk on
Managing the burnout burndown	The Lead Developer New York 2019	2019-04-30
A practical three-part method uses the burndown metaphor: burn down barriers, burn down distractions, burn down illness. Backed by Gallup and a Blind survey… Talk on
Lending Privilege	Stretch Conference 2018	2018-12-06
Defines three concrete actions: credibility lending (attach your name or platform to someone’s work—example: Leonard Nimoy securing equal pay for Nichelle… Talk on
Leadership Lessons From The Agile Manifesto	DevOpsDays Seattle 2018	2018-04-24
Connects each Agile value to a concrete leadership rule: preserve dignity at all costs (a Slack bacon joke offends a Malaysian teammate, results in a posted… Talk on
Lending Privilege	RubyConf 2017	2017-11-15
Argues that everyone holds some form of privilege and can lend it through concrete acts: credibility lending (give visibility, invite a low‑profile engineer to… Talk on
Leadership Lessons from the Agile Manifesto	Rocky Mountain Ruby 2017	2017-09-29
Argues that trust is the actionable outcome of Agile values and gives concrete practices that work: use preserve dignity at all costs as a rule for team… Talk on
Ignites- Lending Privilege	DevOpsDays Chicago 2017	2017-09-12
Argues that credibility lending and access lending are concrete tools for inclusion and gives three actionable moves: invite someone to present to the… Talk on
Leadership Lessons from the Agile Manifesto	The Lead Developer UK 2017	2017-06-08
Maps Agile values to leadership with concrete examples and outcomes: uses Slack as a culture tool then pins community guidelines after a dignity complaint and… Talk on
Lending Privilege	The Lead Developer New York 2017	2017-02-13
Argues that concrete acts of credibility lending, access lending, and expertise lending move diversity beyond slogans: cite Leonard Nimoy forcing equal pay… Talk on
Debugging Diversity	Strange Loop 2016	2016-09-16
Argues that four concrete debugging techniques map to inclusion: expected behavior — define what respectful treatment looks like; turn on inclusion tracers —… Talk on
Lending Privilege	DevOpsDays Boston 2016	2016-08-25
A clear, actionable case for using personal power to change hiring and visibility gaps: the concrete claim is that individuals can lend privilege to others and… Talk on
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