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# How Not to Get Tied Up in Knots: Leadership for Complex Structures


- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe - Virtual Stage

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2082-how-not-to-get-tied-up-in-knots-leadership-for-complex-structures)

## Description

Leading complex organisations is less about control and more about negotiated dynamics. It requires explicit agreements, clear boundaries, distributed autonomy, and a deliberately calibrated tension between freedom and direction.

Two perspectives, orchestrating multiple teams and navigating close 1:1 coordination, come together to explore how to avoid unnecessary entanglements, how to sustain healthy relationships, and how to design working frameworks where trust becomes the rope that holds everything together… without pulling too tight.

Because great leadership, much like any well-negotiated dynamic, is built on consent, clarity, and knowing exactly when to loosen the grip, and when to lead.


## Speakers

### [Ana Gil Amor](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@ana-gil-amor)

Frontend Architect
### [Elena Guidi](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@elena-guidi)

Senior Software Engineer - Thoughtworks


## Related talks at this congress

- [From Code to Culture: Why Leadership Determines Software Quality](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe-virtual-stage/sessions/1540-from-code-to-culture) — Oskar Kruschitz
- [With More Calm Comes More Success – Leading Clearly in Fast-Moving Environments](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe-virtual-stage/sessions/1654-with-more-calm-comes) — Josefin Hahn
- [Why Smart Engineering Teams Make Bad Decisions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe-virtual-stage/sessions/1648-why-smart) — Magdalena Szumna
- [Your organization as a Graph](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe-virtual-stage/sessions/1657-your-organization-as) — Dunya Kirkali