<p>As the VP of Engineering at GitHub, Dana Lawson’s team makes decisions that change the development workflows for millions of people at a time. On this episode of <a target="_blank" href="https://devinterrupted.com/podcast/stop-telling-devs-what-to-do/">Dev Interrupted</a> we chat about the role of technical leadership, how to implement continuous improvement, and how positivity relates to dev team culture. </p>
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As the VP of Engineering at GitHub, Dana Lawson’s team makes decisions that change the development workflows for millions of people at a time. On this episode of [Dev Interrupted](https://devinterrupted.com/podcast/stop-telling-devs-what-to-do/) we chat about the role of technical leadership, how to implement continuous improvement, and how positivity relates to dev team culture. 

# Listen to the full episode
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# Episode Highlights include:
* The real role of technical leadership
* What [engineering metrics](https://linearb.io/blog/custom-metrics-dashboards/) Dana tracks at GitHub
* How to implement continuous improvement workflows
* How positivity relates to productivity in engineering culture

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]

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As the VP of Engineering at GitHub, Dana Lawson’s team makes decisions that change the development workflows for millions of people at a time.

Stop Telling Devs What To Do w/ GitHub's Dana Lawson

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