The Sociotechnical Path to High-Performing Teams

Explore the sociotechnical path to creating high-performing engineering teams in this 30-minute conference talk from GOTO Chicago 2023. Delve into the growing gap between elite and struggling engineering teams, focusing on the crucial sociotechnical feedback loops that drive success. Learn how to forge great teams that make great engineers, understand the insidious and virtuous loops affecting team performance, and discover the importance of Observability-Driven Development (ODD). Gain insights into building and maintaining high-performing teams, and uncover a dirty little secret about team dynamics. This talk by Charity Majors, CTO at honeycomb.io and co-author of Observability Engineering, offers valuable perspectives on improving team velocity, reliability, and productivity in the ever-evolving landscape of software engineering.

Intro
Teams
How to build high-performing teams?
Insidious loop
Virtuous loop
ODD
A dirty little secret
Outro