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An IT department or team can be inspiring to see at work; passionate engineers working on new ideas, innovating new technologies, and never stopping talking about it. However, this is not the case for each team or department in our industry. It is difficult to create and maintain such an inspiring environment to work in.
As a consultant, I work in teams where this is not always the case, yet. This slows down potential projects and innovations. More importantly, people are not enjoying their work as much as they could. In those teams, I always try to turn this around. Make it fun, inspiring, and interesting to work every day.
In this talk, I'll share with you what and how I started motivating teams to share their knowledge, their learnings, and their experiences. I will elaborate on the importance of identifying and mitigating the painful parts of the processes. And what I introduced to make teams proud of their work and accomplishments.
You will walk away with inspiration to improve fun and passion in your teams. It will be fun!

Devoxx

A Java developer and consultant shares practical tips for restoring team morale and passion in software development environments. Key advice includes reframing pull requests as collaborative reviews rather than approval gates, adding positivity to code reviews, running gratitude-focused retrospectives instead of complaint-heavy ones, using Advent of Code to spark team engagement, celebrating small milestones, organizing knowledge-sharing sessions, sharing mistakes openly to build psychological safety, and leading by example rather than waiting for a formal leadership role.

Tips and tricks to bring the fun and passion back in your team! by Paulien van Alst