Keynote in English - US at PHP Tek 2026
Short URL: https://joind.in/talk/dfe07
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The hardest part of scaling isn?t the tech?it?s the tension. Every C-suite knows that product pivots, rapid growth, and competing priorities create friction between teams, leaders, and vision. But too often, executives treat conflict like a distraction to manage instead of the data they need most. This session unpacks what conflict actually reveals about culture, leadership, and decision-making inside high-growth tech companies.
We?ll examine how conflict shows up at the top: CTOs vs. product leads, founders vs. investors, vision vs. execution. You?ll learn how to recognize when disagreement is strategic (and healthy) versus when it?s cultural (and costly). Together, we?ll break down the anatomy of high-stakes conflict?ego, communication breakdowns, power imbalance?and how to navigate them without losing credibility or alignment.
You?ll leave with a leadership framework for engaging conflict early, a language for naming what?s really happening in the room, and practical tools for turning tension into traction. Because innovation doesn?t die from lack of ideas?it dies from unspoken ones.
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Great engaging talk! Anyone who can keep a room full of engineers engaged and paying attention has some serious skills. Good topics, good actionable learning and talking points, and very applicable soft skill to talk about. Great closing keynote.
A very useful talk that has given me a lot to think about and be introspective of to improve the relationships I have with my leaders and coworkers. I especially liked the “5 expectations for working with me” which is something I did early on at my latest job, totally by accident, but it has worked well with me. Important to realize that your expectations may change over time, and that’s okay, but you have to communicate it.