TrueNorthCTO Roundtable: Team Habits and Rituals in the Age of AI
Description:
AI has changed what it means to build software — and it's quietly changing what it means to be on an engineering team. The rituals we've leaned on for years, the standups, retros, code reviews, and recognition, were designed for a different era of work. Some still hold. Some have gone hollow. This is a small, off-the-record roundtable for CTOs and senior engineering leaders to talk honestly about what's actually happening to team habits, morale, and engagement right now — what's breaking, what's holding, and what's working. Not a talk. Not a pitch. A real conversation, intentionally kept small so everyone gets to speak. Bring one thing that's working on your team; leave with ten.
Your host:
Connie Kwan spent years in senior product leadership at Atlassian and Microsoft — inside the company that built the agile rituals most teams still run. She's the creator of the STORYHabits method and author of STORYHabits (out November 2026), a book about why behavior change sticks when it's anchored to identity, not willpower. She's spent the better part of a decade helping teams rebuild the story underneath their habits.
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Rewrite your story. Rewrite your habits. ⚓🎈