Being a Bad Influence – The Dangerous Dichotomies of People Management

Interview:

What is the focus of your work these days?

I work at the intersection of Developer Experience and Security so I'm very focussed on finding ways to make it easy for developers to adopt good security practices. 

What’s the motivation for your talk?

My talk is not about Developer Experience or Security, but you can ask me about those in the hallway track. I'll be sharing some of the challenges I've encountered as a manager and a director in the hope that sharing my mistakes and struggles will help others. Humans are messy and so managing humans is necessarily messy too. Hopefully I can provide some new insights that even the more experienced leaders in the audience can take away and implement! 

How would you describe the persona and level of the target audience?

This talk is suitable for everyone! New and experienced managers will certainly have a lot of gain but this is fundamentally about leadership and everyone has the potential to be a leader. If you care about DEI, team morale, building community, navigating conflict or leading projects this talk will help you! You don't have to be a manager! 

What do you want this persona to walk away with from your presentation?

My hope is always to deliver a light bulb moment, an idea that makes a difficult situation easier, inspires the courage to try something new or prompts a positive change.