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Dave Farley and Dan Abel discuss the nuances of engineering leadership and the evolution of high-performing teams.

In this episode of The Engineering Room , Dave Farley welcomes Dan Abel, a veteran technical leader with over 30 years of experience, to explore the nuances of engineering leadership and the evolution of high-performing teams. This episode is a masterclass in dismantling silos, reducing cognitive load through platform engineering, and aligning technical excellence with core business values. --------------- Dan Abel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-abel/ Equal Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0 Only Patreon Supporters get to see the FULL VIDEO Episodes of The Engineering Room, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/c/continuousdelivery 📖 "The Software Developers’ Guidebook Amazon ➡️ https://amzn.to/4f9ozFK ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/softwaredevelopersguidebook 📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx 📖…

People in this episode

Host: Dave Farley

Guest: Dan Abel

Topics covered

• engineering leadership
• high-performing teams
• platform engineering
• cognitive load
• business values

Keywords

• engineering leadership
• high-performing teams
• cognitive load
• platform engineering
• business values
• Continuous Delivery
• software development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Equal Experts

Books & works: The Software Developers’ Guidebook, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Delivery Pipelines

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