https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Collaboration feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/05/scale-social-system-software-org/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Collaboration <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/scale-social-system-software-org/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1778655452477.jpg"/><p>Fast-scaling teams must rebuild trust and psychological safety as their social systems expand. Intentional, redundant communication across multiple formats can keep everyone aligned. Cross-team rituals, buddy systems, and rotating facilitators can reduce silos by building bridges between teams. Leaders accelerate this by modeling the vulnerability they want to see.</p> <i>By Ben Linders</i> Scaling Leadership Communication InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 2025 Collaboration Teamwork Culture & Methods news Thu, 14 May 2026 11:41:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/05/scale-social-system-software-org/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Collaboration Ben Linders 2026-05-14T11:41:00Z /news/2026/05/scale-social-system-software-org/en https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/some-developers-thrive-while-others-struggle/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Collaboration <img src="https://res.infoq.com/podcasts/some-developers-thrive-while-others-struggle/en/smallimage/engineering-culture-podcast-thumbnail-1777018955276.jpg"/><p>In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Michael Parker, VP of Engineering at TurinTech AI, about bringing joy back to software development in the AI era, the emerging role of "factory architects" who orchestrate AI agents rather than write code directly, and the cultural divide between AI hype and the reality developers face on legacy codebases.</p> <i>By Michael Parker</i> Psychological Safety Legacy Code Engineering Culture Podcast Developer Experience Leadership Collaboration Teamwork Culture & Methods podcast Fri, 08 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/some-developers-thrive-while-others-struggle/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Collaboration Michael Parker 2026-05-08T09:00:00Z /podcasts/some-developers-thrive-while-others-struggle/en