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# Debugging Humans: How MBTI Helps Engineering Teams Communicate Better


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 10, 2026
- **Time:** 15:40–16:10 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 4
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100335-debugging-humans-how-mbti-helps-engineering-teams-communicate-better)

## Description

Software teams spend enormous effort on codes - yet many of the biggest productivity issues are not technical at all. They come from miscommunication, mismatched expectations, and avoidable friction between equally capable engineers. 

In this talk, I will explore how MBTI - a 16 personality assessment - can be used as a practical communication framework for engineer teams - not as a personality label or hiring tool, but as a shared language to understand different working and communication preferences. 

I will share how small adjustments in communication can dramatically improve team effectiveness. 

This session focuses on actionable, engineer-friendly techniques to reduce friction, improve collaboration, and build high-performing teams. 

## Speaker

### [Hazel Wat](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@hazel-wat)

Analytic Engineer at Schwarz Digits


## Related talks at this congress

- [Software Engineering for Muggles](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1059-software-engineering) — Theresa Heine
- [Decode Your People: Using PCM to Build High-Performance Teams](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1206-decode-your-people) — Chris Redmond
- [Five Ways to Break Silos in Your Engineering Organization](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1153-five-ways-to-break) — Daniel Schniepp
- [Let’s Talk Quality!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/984-let-s-talk-quality) — Lilia Gargouri