Sharon Steed
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what they talk about
all 7 in the filters
where they keep going back
no series more than once — all 19 in the filters
on a stage with
never shared a talk
who talks about the same things
- Kronda Adair6 talks
- Martin Mazur13 talks
- Jessica Rose23 talks
- Gitte Klitgaard13 talks
- Ryan Macklin8 talks
- Amber Vanderburg16 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| Empathy in Automation: Leading with Humanity in a Tech-Driven World | beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf 2025 | 2025-05-05 |
Argues that automation can enhance human connection rather than replace it, backed by a concrete framework called key empathy behaviors: patience, perspective… | ||
| Keynote – Sharon Steed | RubyConf 2023 | 2023-11-13 |
Claims empathy boosts business: 23% higher profitability for highly engaged teams, 43% higher turnover for low engagement, Gallup finding that only 21% trust… | ||
| There are no soft skills making empathy actionable | devopsdays Amsterdam 2023 | 2023-06-21 |
A LinkedIn training production initially fails when reading from a teleprompter with a full crew but succeeds after switching to a solo camera setup, resulting… | ||
| Developing sustainable empathy systems | Agile meets Architecture Berlin 2022 | 2022-09-06 |
Frames empathy as a learnable skill and a daily choice, defines three concrete behaviors — patience, perspective, connection — and gives a production case… | ||
| Engaging Empathy | beyond tellerrand Berlin 2019 | 2019-11-13 |
Argues that vulnerability plus empathy become gateways to opportunity and gives concrete examples: pursues speech therapy then public speaking, delivers an… | ||
| Engaging Empathy | ffconf 2019 | 2019-11-08 |
Talk claims empathy as a verb and gives concrete practices: use speech therapy, do public speaking (a 5‑minute ignite with 20 slides and 15‑second changes)… | ||
| Creating a Culture of Empathy | Stretch Conference 2018 | 2018-12-06 |
A person who stutters turns that experience into a practical playbook: empathy moves from an idea into daily actions, summarized as empathy as a verb… | ||
| Empathetic communication at work | Devoxx Belgium 2017 | 2017-11-06 |
Workshop argues that empathy is a learnable verb not just an idea and gives concrete steps: empathy as a choice, put your phone away, pause before replying… | ||
| Empathetic communication: why vulnerability is the key to collaboration | NodeConf Argentina 2016 | 2016-11-17 |
A personal history of stuttering frames a claim that stuttered since age three leads to learning to stop avoiding people by pursuing public speaking, and that… | ||
| Empathetic communication... | DevOpsDays NYC 2016 | 2016-09-23 |
Argues that vulnerability and empathy are the actual levers of collaboration, not soft platitudes: a life‑long stutter starting around age four and still… | ||
| Empathetic communication: why vulnerability is the key to collaboration | RustFest 2016 | 2016-09-17 |
Claim: deliberately showing speech fragility produces more useful workplace outcomes than polishing silence. Evidence comes from lived practice of turning… | ||
| You don't suck at communication: an empathetic communication primer | npm camp 2016 | 2016-07-30 |
A concrete primer: 85% of kids stutter between ages 3 and 5 and many recover by 10–12, yet persistent stuttering leads to coping strategies and social fear… | ||
| How to Talk to Humans: what stuttering can teach you about connecting with people | RubyConf Colombia 2015 | 2015-10-15 |
A person who stutters explains concrete tactics that actually work: early onset at around three years, speech therapy at 8–9 and again at 27, and deliberate… | ||
| How to talk to humans: a different approach to soft skills | DjangoCon US 2015 | 2015-09-06 |
How to talk to humans: a different approach to soft skills by Sharon Steed Developers are trained to communicate to things with a goal in mind. When you're… | ||
| Getting out of your own way: turning your fears into assets | AlterConf Chicago 2015 | 2015-08-08 |
Claims that a personal stutter becomes a career asset by turning fear into a signal rather than a defect, and that actively speaking about it (begun about a… | ||
| What stuttering taught me about marketing - not your typical soft skills talk | Open Source Bridge 2015 | 2015-06-23 |
Stuttering forces specific choices: choosing writing, freelancing, then deliberately practicing public speaking as an experiment that either works or doesn't… | ||
| How to talk to humans: a different approach to soft skills | DockerCon SF 2015 | 2015-06-22 |
Argues that vulnerability is a communication asset, not a liability, and shows how framing a personal stutter as a strength leads to deeper listener… | ||
| The Art of Meaningful Connection... | LambdaConf 2015 | 2015-05-22 |
Claims that embrace vulnerability as a growth strategy for personal and company brands and shows concrete tactics: trade writing for public speaking, disclose… | ||
| How to Talk to Humans: a Different Approach to Soft Skills | RailsConf 2015 | 2015-04-21 |
Workshop argues that vulnerability becomes a marketable asset not a liability and teaches concrete practices: pair exercises, timed sharing, and active… | ||
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