Elisabeth Hendrickson

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Elisabeth Hendrickson

Founder & CEO, Curious Duck Digital Laboratory · verified 2026-09-04

Elisabeth Hendrickson is a technology leader with over thirty years of experience, having led geographically distributed teams of engineers, product managers, and designers as VP of R&D at a publicly traded company and VP of Engineering at a Series B startup. She currently works with technology leaders to improve collaboration, decision-making, and execution. She is the author of Explore It! from Pragmatic Bookshelf and coauthor of Signals & Levers from IT Revolution.

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8 in the library4 talksPublishing since 2021

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2026

Guidance paperSignals and Levers

with Joel Tosi

2026

Guidance paperAgentic AI and Code Reviews

with Zach Davis, Michelle Gill & 4 others

2026

BookSignals & Levers

with Joel Tosi

2025

Guidance paperRevenge of QA

with Jeffrey Fredrick, John Willis & 2 others

2024

Guidance paperNavigating the New Reality

with Dominica Degrandis, Chris Gallivan & 2 others

2023

Guidance paperScaling Automated Governance

with Jason Cox, Sean D. Mack & 7 others

2022

Guidance paperGood Consulting

with Adrian Cockcroft, Jason Cox & 4 others

2021

Guidance paperWinning Together

with Dominica DeGrandis, Ana E. Torres & 2 others

2020

TalkInfluence > Authority and Other Principles of Leadership

Las Vegas 2020 · 39 min

2017

TalkData and DevOps: Breaking Down the Silos

San Francisco 2017 · 20 min

2015

TalkIts All About Feedback

San Francisco 2015 · 34 min

2014

TalkOn the Care and Feeding of Feedback Cycles

San Francisco 2014 · 31 min