2025 UEN Tech Summit

“Command Line Culture” explores how leadership behaviors define and propagate team culture—just like a root command shapes system behavior. Drawing from 25 years in IT, Jeremy Cox reveals how leaders can intentionally set, scale, and sustain positive culture through authenticity, empathy, and ethical example.

In tech, the right command can change everything—and the same goes for leadership. In Command Line Culture, Jeremy Cox unpacks the concept of “leadership contagion,” showing how a leader’s mindset and behavior ripple through an organization to define its culture. Drawing on 25 years of experience in IT from both sides of the team, Jeremy illustrates how intentional leadership in IT can inspire innovation, psychological safety, collaboration, and accountability. Through personal stories, actionable insights, and a systems-thinking approach, this talk challenges leaders to treat culture not as an afterthought, but as critical infrastructure—engineered, tested, and deployed from the top down.