InfoQ - Psychological Safety

Podcast: Tiger Teams, Evals and Agents: The New AI Engineering Playbook

Sam Bhagwat — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Sam Bhagwat, co-founder and CEO of Mastra, about building and sustaining open source communities, the emerging discipline of AI engineering and evals, and how cross-functional Tiger Teams are key to shipping agentic applications.

By Sam Bhagwat

Developing Your Leadership Skills toward Principal Engineering

Ben Linders — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:10:00 GMT

Work isn’t the only place where you can develop valuable leadership skills, Sophie Weston mentioned in the video The Principal Engineer’s Path from her QCon London talk. She suggested thinking about the things you do outside of your job where you can learn and practice useful leadership skills, and bringing your full skill set - your whole self - to work.

By Ben Linders

How to Handle Trust and Psychological Safety When Scaling Organizations

Ben Linders — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:04:00 GMT

As organizations scale, communication overload, loss of shared context, and trust gaps emerge, Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg mentioned. Trust must be built team by team; it can’t be replicated. Trust is interpersonal, while psychological safety exists among people and fuels learning. Leaders must deliberately design structures, rituals, and metrics that reward transparency and cohesion at scale.

By Ben Linders