Secrets of Building a Winning Engineering Culture
Recently, ACETECH and Corporate Recruiters hosted a workshop on building a winning engineering culture for Vancouver Tech CEOs. Below is a set of key takeaways from each speaker.
Noel Pullen
CEO at Map Labs
https://www.linkedin.com/in/noelpullen/
Start with Trust; Connect the team with your customers, to each other and to the community.
Celebrate what you encourage, recognize achievements, and elevate people’s status
Mehrsa Raeiszadeh
Co-Founder/COO at MintList
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehrsa-raeiszadeh-03b6812a/
We don’t have employees, we have investors. We need to insure they’re invested and are aware of what’s happening in the business as a whole; keeping them super engaged.”
“Celebrate” the success is great! Give credit to the team, ex. Tagging them on the LinkedIn posts for the awards you win or big company news.
Keith Cerny
Partner at Fresh Founders
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithcerny/
In an era of superhero movies, far too many companies seek superhero engineers outside. Develop them inside with comprehensive training and the right incentives.
The purpose of R&D is to inspire the organization; build internal raving fans by delivering surprising innovation and great products will be the outcome
Andre Viljoen
VP, R&D at Change Healthcare
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreviljoen
Know why engineers come: work with people you respect and can learn from so you can grow. Do what you are good at and make a difference.
Know why people leave: anonymity, irrelevance, immeasurement
Miranda Alldritt
Chief Business Officer at Bioform; previously President at Copperleaf
https://www.linkedin.com/in/miranda-alldritt-5775b55/
Seeing a path to success and focusing on what matters
Talent is everywhere, networks are powerful and diversity matters