Are you convinced that AI won’t replace developers, but developers using AI will replace those who don’t? Then, what about Engineering leaders? We spend countless hours gathering context for meetings, reviewing past interactions, and staying current with industry trends – time that could be better spent on strategic thinking and team development.
Drawing from my experience as VP of Engineering, managing multiple distributed teams across multiple stacks, projects, products, and companies, I reflect on how AI tools help me improve my efficiency as a leader.
Through concrete examples and experienced situations, we'll explore how to use AI to improve meeting preparation, offer new approaches to team challenges, gain insights about technical obstacles, and maintain deep context across projects. After months of experiments, I am convinced that AI enhanced my impact in 1:1 meetings, priority planning, technical reviews, and all interactions with my teams and peers.
You'll get explicit examples of tools and workflows leveraging RAG-powered assistants that you can use with traditional leadership practices to help you make better-informed decisions and spend more time on what matters: leading teams and driving impact.
Coding is not the only area in Tech where AI can help, let's explore AI-augmented leadership!