Dmitry Saprykin

Dmitry is Matter’s Head of Engineering. He spends his days engineering Matter to be a robust and scalable platform, ensuring that every line of code contributes to a seamless user experience.
Leadership
How to Build Effective Unity Teams
According to Harvard Business Review, professionals on high-trust teams reported “106% more energy at work, 50% higher productivity, [and] 76% more engagement.” L
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 16, 2024
2 Min Read
Productivity
Three Steps to Working Together Remotely
As many of us took over kitchen tables, couches, home offices, and even our bedrooms the last year left many people struggling to connect with others via Zoom, Slacks, Teams, and many other apps.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 16, 2024
4 Min Read
Leadership
Three Keys to Influencing Your Team at Work
You're constantly being influenced while also influencing those around you. To master the art of influence, there needs to be a level of building rapport with your team, practice active listening, and lead by example.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 11, 2024
4 Min Read
Leadership
How to Encourage Collective Thinking at Work
According to Harvard Business Review, “decisions are more effective when more people are involved from the start.” The more the merrier, right? Right. Great leaders know that asking for team input will yield the best decisions, uncover blind spots, and show peer appreciation.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 10, 2024
3 Min Read
Leadership
How to Practice Deep Listening with Your Team
According to Harvard Business Review, the most effective listeners are like trampolines. To be specific, the individuals you can “bounce ideas off of.” Actively listening isn’t merely absorbing ideas. It’s about amplifying their voices, clarifying their thoughts, and seeking ways to support them.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 15, 2024
2 Min Read
Leadership
How to Walk the Talk While Inspiring Your Team
According to a 2014 Journal of Business Ethics study, leaders who “walk the talk,” were viewed as dependable, credible, and inspirational to their teams. Remember: All talk and no show will ultimately lead to mistrust between you and your team.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 16, 2024
2 Min Read
Leadership
3 Powerful Ways to Curb In-group Bias
Learn about what in-group bias is, how it impacts your workplace, and what you can do about it.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 13, 2024
3 Min Read
Productivity
5 Conflict Management Styles To Improve Your Productivity
Conflict is an inescapable part of life. Learn how to develop your own conflict management style with the five conflict management styles, the pro's and con's of each style, and when to use each of the styles.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 10, 2024
5 Min Read
Productivity
How to Find Your Professional, Unique Superpowers
According to Harvard Business Review, leaders who focused on identifying and leveraging their strengths reached their full potential. Tapping into your strengths not only helps you become a well-rounded leader but gives you the confidence to strive for moonshot goals and take on more challenges.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 16, 2024
2 Min Read
Leadership
The Pros and Cons of Directive Leadership
What is it that makes a leader excel? Find out if you are a directive leader and how you can leverage your skills to be a better leader.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 12, 2024
5 Min Read
Productivity
The Art of Public Speaking
The Art Of Public Speaking is important even if your profession’s core job function does not require you to speak in front of huge crowds. Here are the 5 ways to master the art of public speaking.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 12, 2024
3 Min Read
Leadership
What Does Good Collaboration Among Teams Look Like?
We've all heard the saying "teamwork makes the dreamwork." But how exactly does it make the dream work? Read on for strategies on achieving good collaboration.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 12, 2024
3 Min Read
Leadership
10 Painstakingly Real Tweets About WFH
We interrupt your regularly scheduled work-from-home program to bring you some unnervingly, to-close-to-home tweets about WFH. Depending on what day you're on in terms of quarantine (we're on day 5), here are some of Matter's favorite #WorkFromHome tweets:
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 11, 2024
4 Min Read
Leadership
Introvert Leaders Can Remain Introverts and Still Crush It
Introvert leaders such as Marissa Mayer can be successful by being themselves. Learn what introverts bring to the table and how they can crush it as leaders.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 12, 2024
3 Min Read
Productivity
New Year’s Resolutions Are For Chumps. Win Your Career in 2025
Don’t stick around if it doesn’t serve your growth anymore. Remember you’re in control of your career path. Only you can determine what you want and need from it.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 16, 2024
6 Min Read
Productivity
Creative Quotes to Inspire How You Approach Unconventional Problems in 2025
Creative solutions to problems don’t arise in a work culture that doesn’t value creativity. It must be ingrained in the culture.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 10, 2024
5 Min Read
Leadership
How Simple Habit's Yunha Kim Leads With Intrapersonal Communication
The main point is to take a few moments a day to center yourself. With regular practice, this simple intrapersonal communication skill could help you become more focused and productive too.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 18, 2019
3 Min Read
Leadership
Intrapersonal Communication: Amy Hood, The Woman Behind Microsoft's $1 Trillion Empire
Believe it or not, Microsoft’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Amy Hood, talks to herself every day. The world’s top CEOs and leaders all use some form of intrapersonal communication in their daily routine.
Dmitry Saprykin
Dec 12, 2019
4 Min Read