<p>Engineering leadership is undergoing a seismic shift, requiring playbooks to be rewritten, in real-time. In this special episode, hosts Patrick Gallagher and Jerry Li give you an inside look at the ELC Annual 2025 experience, and how the two-day conference will equip you with new mental models, skills, and frameworks required to lead.</p><p>Get a preview of tactical takeaways from deep operational dives into companies like OpenAI, Amplitude, and HeyGen. Discover how the conference will help you redesign your innovation engine, transform your team's workflows, and blur the lines between engineering, product, and business to drive impactful change. Through a unique mix of tactical sessions, peer-led roundtables, and curated mentorship, you'll learn how to find the community and coaching needed to lead through uncertainty and invest in your own career growth.</p><p>To learn more & get tickets, go to <a href="http://sfelc.com/annual2025">sfelc.com/annual2025</a></p><p>Use code podcast15 for 15% off tickets - group tickets / discounts available.</p><p> </p><h2><strong>ABOUT</strong> <a href="https://www.notion.so/10dbc880e83380b5aeaee07ea697b9bb?pvs=21"><strong>ELC ANNUAL</strong></a></h2><p>The playbook for engineering leadership is being rewritten. ELC Annual 2025, happening September 10-11 in San Francisco, is where you'll gain the insights, strategies, and deep connections needed to lead in this new era. 50+ speakers, 50+ peer-led roundtables discussions, 1:1 matching to expand your network. Insights, connections & support.</p><p>Join the community of engineering leaders who are co-creating the future of our field.</p><p>Listener Discount → Use code <strong>podcast15</strong> for 15% off</p><p>Group Tix → For teams looking to attend together, special group discounts can be found under the 'Tickets' section of our website!</p><p>Secure your ticket at <a href="http://sfelc.com/annual2025">sfelc.com/annual2025</a></p><p> </p><h2><a href="http://toolhive.dev/">ToolHive</a> Unlocks the Full Value of MCP & Your AI Agents</h2><p>So you’ve invested in AI agents for code generation, but they’re limited to experiments or even stuck on the shelf. To do real, valuable work, those AI agents need access to your data and systems.</p><p><a href="http://toolhive.dev/">ToolHive</a> helps you confidently connect the pieces by making it <i>simple</i> and <i>secure</i> for you to use the Model Context Protocol (MCP).</p><p><a href="http://toolhive.dev/">ToolHive</a> includes a pre-vetted registry of MCP servers, containerizes every MCP server for consistency and leans on built-in security to keep your secrets safe.</p><p>Leaders trust ToolHive to put MCP into production and put their AI agents to work.</p><h3><a href="http://toolhive.dev/">ToolHive</a> is open source, so get started for free at <a href="http://toolhive.dev/">toolhive.dev</a></h3><p> </p><h3>Join us at ELC Annual 2025</h3><p>ELC Annual is the premier event for engineering leaders. This is our biggest event of the year: 1,000+ CTOs, VPs & Directors in San Francisco @ ELC Annual 2025 for two days of leadership breakthroughs, tactical peer learning & curated connections!</p><h3>🔗 Get your ticket now → <a href="https://sfelc.com/annual2025">https://sfelc.com/annual2025</a></h3><p> </p><h2><strong>SHOW NOTES:</strong></h2><ul><li>The ground is shifting: Why the old playbooks for engineering leaders are being rewritten (0:55)</li><li>Moving beyond AI hype to harnessing its real power in your products and workflows (2:44)</li><li>How are teams & workflows changing? Redefining roles and upskilling your team for the AI era (9:06)</li><li>Why the smartest insights don't come from the stage, but from deep, honest conversations with peers in roundtables (13:36)</li><li>How curated one-on-one matches help you build a trusted network to rely on for years to come (16:08)</li><li>ELC Annual isn't a tech conference; it's a career conference to invest in yourself and your leaders (17:49)</li></ul><p> </p><h3><strong>This episode wouldn’t have been possible without the help of our incredible production team:</strong></h3><p>Patrick Gallagher - Producer & Co-Host</p><p>Jerry Li - Co-Host</p><p>Noah Olberding - Associate Producer, Audio & Video Editor <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-olberding/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-olberding/</a></p><p>Dan Overheim - Audio Engineer, Dan’s also an avid 3D printer - <a href="https://www.bnd3d.com/">https://www.bnd3d.com/</a></p><p>Ellie Coggins Angus - Copywriter, Check out her other work at <a href="https://elliecoggins.com/about/">https://elliecoggins.com/about/</a></p>


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