How do you drive adoption of new tools in engineering?

Zohar Einy

Co-Founder & CEO · Port

Pilot with a Task-Force

Zohar Einy says to start with a small task-force pilot, as his company did by building a mini company within the company, because moving 200 people at once was not easy.

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Prabhav Jain

CEO · 11x.Ai

Demonstrate High-Impact Value

Prabhav Jain says to drive adoption by finding a high-impact use case where a new way of doing something shows massive value in one thing people care about, which builds momentum.

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Matt Taylor

Founder · Trepo

Promote Hands-On Experimentation

Matt Taylor says to encourage hands-on building, telling people the tools are out there and to give them a crack because anyone can build now.

Paul Eremenko

Co-Founder & CEO · P-1 Ai

Win Over Engineering Leadership

Paul Eremenko says his approach is to go straight to the VP of engineering—the executive who owns engineering headcount and budget—because he finds that's the most powerful stakeholder and the key decider who owns the ROI.

Moe Katib

Founder & CEO · One (formerly Pica)

Build Trust Through Education

Moe Katib says adoption requires building trust: people need to trust a system before using it, and that trust takes a process of education and talking, not just being told it is better.