# chainguard culture

Published articles for chainguard culture.

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## Introducing "How We Lead": Chainguard's approach to developing the best managers

DevFeed: [Introducing "How We Lead": Chainguard's approach to developing the best managers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introducing-how-we-lead-chainguard-s-approach-to-developing-the-best-managers-13117.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/introducing-how-we-lead-chainguards-approach-to-developing-the-best-managers>)

Published: 2026-01-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-careers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-careers.md>), [chainguard-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-culture.md>), [chainguard-jobs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-jobs.md>), [chainguard-team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-team.md>), [culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [retention](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retention.md>), [standards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/standards.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>), [teams](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/teams.md>), [training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/training.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

### AI overview

Chainguard's "How We Lead" is a four-week leadership development program created by its people managers to strengthen management practices across the company. It combines five leadership principles with practical team exercises, executive participation, feedback, and cohort-based learning, with the goal of scaling the program to every people manager.

### Source excerpt

Chainguard's "How We Lead" program builds strong, intentional managers through shared principles, practical practice, and early investment to drive growth.

## Making time: Space to think, build, and create (or, This Shit is Fun!)

DevFeed: [Making time: Space to think, build, and create (or, This Shit is Fun!)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/making-time-space-to-think-build-and-create-or-this-shit-is-fun-13143.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/making-time-space-to-think-build-and-create>)

Published: 2025-12-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [ibm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ibm.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-culture.md>), [chainguard-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-engineering.md>), [chainguard-engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-engineering-culture.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering-culture.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [innovation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/innovation.md>), [making-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/making-time.md>), [mentoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mentoring.md>), [projects](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/projects.md>), [prototypes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prototypes.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

### AI overview

The article describes Chainguard's "Making Time," a lightly structured program that gives engineers protected time for self-directed, strategic work outside the immediate product roadmap. It explains how similar programs at IBM and Google supported innovation and presents Chainguard's approach as a way to encourage prototyping, technical improvements, documentation review, mentoring, and long-term engineering impact.

### Source excerpt

See how we give engineers protected space for self-directed, high-impact work; boosting innovation and improving engineering morale.