As a leader that wants to optimize an organization you are bound to fail if you isolate social (culture and people) and technical (tools and process) changes. When we ask Lesley Cordero, Staff Engineer at The New York Times how to solve this dilemma she answers: "Platform Engineering, it can drive organizational sustainability by practicing sociotechnical principles that provide a community driven support system for application developers using our standardized shared platform architecture"
Tune in to our latest episode and learn more about the importance of leadership to continuously keep up and balance the tension between "Developers" and "Operations", between "End User Experience" and "Developer Experience" and ultimately between "Culture and People and "Tools and Processes"
Links we discussed
Lesley's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesleycordero/
GOTO Conference Talk => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx-XrUONJ-o
QCon 2025 Talk Details: https://qconlondon.com/presentation/apr2025/platform-engineering-practice-sociotechnical-excellence
DevOpsCon 2024 Talk Details: https://devopscon.io/business-company-culture/platform-engineering-devops/