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Design Thinking, A Conversation with Steven Schkolne, SPaMCAST 808

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Release Date: 05/05/2024

Conway’s Law and Agile. Testers and Test Engineers, Essays and Conversations With Jeremy Berriault, SPaMCAST 832 show art Conway’s Law and Agile. Testers and Test Engineers, Essays and Conversations With Jeremy Berriault, SPaMCAST 832

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SPaMCAST 832 is a later summer-early fall rerun!  In July 2019, SPaMCAST 550 premiered.  The cast included an essay titled, Intertwining Conway’s Law And Agile and an episode of the QA Corner with Jeremy Berriault.  Jeremy discussed the differences between test engineers and testers. These topics are favorites of mine, so…while I am hiking and camping I would like to reshare the core content of SPaMCAST 550 with you.  Remember all 18 years of content are available at .  We will be back next week with new programming.  Master Work Intake! Mastering Work Intake...

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Cracking Groupthink - Solutions When Balancing Urgency and Importance, SPaMCAST 831 show art Cracking Groupthink - Solutions When Balancing Urgency and Importance, SPaMCAST 831

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SPaMCAST 831 features our essay, Cracking Groupthink - Solutions When Balancing Urgency and Importance. Issues occur when groupthink affects the balance between urgency and importance in decision-making. This leads to inefficiencies, risk aversion, and misaligned priorities. The key challenge is that groups tend to perceive urgency and importance differently from individuals, often influenced by psychological and social dynamics such as the diffusion of responsibility, conformity, and shared information bias. There are solutions!   We also have a visit from Keis Kostaqi who brings...

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Jeremy and I will host a 4-session book club to discuss Mastering Work Intake (4 sections => 4 sessions!) beginning October 18th. We are looking forward to a great set of conversations!   Join us by registering on Maven.  Use the QR code below  at or follow the link - Note: We are charging a nominal $1 fee, which Maven requires.  Participation in the book club assumes you have (or have access to) a copy of the book and do the reading so you will be prepared.  

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Beyond The Framework, A Conversation With Jeremy Berriault, SPaMCAST 830 show art Beyond The Framework, A Conversation With Jeremy Berriault, SPaMCAST 830

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SPaMCAST 830 features a conversation with Jeremy Berriault. Jeremy has a new book, “Beyond The Framework: Cultivating Agile Growth.” The back cover states, “Organizations that fail to embrace agility (small a-agiity) risk fading into obscurity.” we discussed the basic assumptions of agile and why business agility differs from adopting any specific agile framework.   Buy a copy of the book:  Check out Jeremy’s Company website:   Master Work Intake! This episode is brought to you by Mastering Work Intake by and myself. Buy a copy and begin to control the flow of...

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Conforming to Mediocrity and Core Hours, Essays and Conversations with Susan Parente, SPaMCAST 829 show art Conforming to Mediocrity and Core Hours, Essays and Conversations with Susan Parente, SPaMCAST 829

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In SPaMCAST 829 we will continue to expose the sometimes insidious impact of groupthink. Groupthink can lead a team to accept less challenging work, be misaligned with priorities, and poorly assess urgency and importance. The pressure to conform and maintain agreement can result in suboptimal decision-making, hampering effectiveness. We will also have a visit from Susan Parente who will bring her Not A Scrumdmentalist column to the podcast. In this installment, Susan tackles the need for core hours for teams of all types. Master Work Intake! This episode is brought to you by Mastering Work...

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HYPERID Ignites - Arash Parsania's Breakthrough Methodology, A Conversation, SPaMCAST 828 show art HYPERID Ignites - Arash Parsania's Breakthrough Methodology, A Conversation, SPaMCAST 828

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The SPaMCast 828 spotlights Arash Parsania. We talk about his exciting new methodology, HYPERID. The method builds on and integrates pragmatic ideas from many disciplines to create something new. HYPERID is a flexible hybrid method that fits a wide range of different types of work.  Arash Parsania is the creator of HYPERID, a hybrid methodology for project management and product development. He brings over 20 years of experience in project management, consulting, and digital business transformation. His expertise spans Software Engineering, Retail, Travel & Hospitality, Automotive,...

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Cracking Groupthink In Prioritization, Scrum Master - Career or Avocation, Essays and Conversations with Keis Kostaqi, SPaMCAST 827 show art Cracking Groupthink In Prioritization, Scrum Master - Career or Avocation, Essays and Conversations with Keis Kostaqi, SPaMCAST 827

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In the SPaMCast 827, we will begin cracking groupthink in prioritization with a discussion of urgency vs. importance Evaluating the interplay between urgency and importance is a powerful work intake approach. Teams and project management offices regularly use an Eisenhower Matrix or variant to visualize the relationship between these two factors. The bottom line in this approach is that you should prioritize work that is important and urgent above work that is just urgent. We also have a visit from  who brings her You Are Not Alone column to the podcast.  Keis and I discuss the...

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Mastering Work Intake by  and I hit the bookshelves earlier this year. We have also been running cohort-based workshops to help expose and solve this dirty little secret. Two of the questions we have gotten as we have promoted the workshops are: What is a cohort-based workshop? What value will I get if I join? Both are greater questions and we have an answer! Join us for a one-hour open house to explore how to diagnose and solve work intake challenges, the most critical issue facing organizations today. This session will provide an overview of our course designed to help you to...

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AI, ML, and Lifelong Learning - A Great Combination, A Conversation With Richmond Alake, SPaMCAST 825 show art AI, ML, and Lifelong Learning - A Great Combination, A Conversation With Richmond Alake, SPaMCAST 825

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The SPaMCAST 825 features our conversation with Richmond Alake. During our conversation, we discussed AI, Machine Learning, and most importantly why being a lifelong learner is important (really important). Need more? We also will discuss what comes next now that AI Chat has been done.   Richmond’s bio: Richmond Alake is an AI/ML Practitioner with an academic background in computer vision, robotics, and machine learning. He has worked in software development and machine learning roles since 2016. Richmond has also taught online AI/ML/Data courses and written over 200 technical...

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You Can Never Cross The Same River Twice, Essays and Conversations with Jon M Quigley, SPaMCAST 824 show art You Can Never Cross The Same River Twice, Essays and Conversations with Jon M Quigley, SPaMCAST 824

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The SPaMCAST 824 compares the Great Avon Lake Tornado and power outage with the purported death of Agile. Cap that off with many in the industry doubling down on Agile purity to put the blush back on the rose. My upcoming high school reunion suggests you can never cross the same river twice but crossing any river is a challenge..  Also Jon M Quigley and I talk about who is the most important person on a team.  This is a counterpoint to my recent conversation with on SPaMCAST 822. They agree but it…depends. Master Work Intake! Mastering Work Intake by and I hit the bookshelves...

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SPaMCAST 808 features our discussion with Steven Schkolne. We talk about design thinking and about how design thinking impacts users and user satisfaction. We answer what happens when a design thinker builds a business. 

Steven Schkolne is a computer scientist, designer, and entrepreneur who’s particularly passionate about the way humans work creatively with machines. His current focus is a web project called MightyMeld, a visualization and creation platform for sophisticated React codebases.

LinkiedIn: linkedin.com/in/schkolne

Websites

https://www.mightymeld.com/ 

thevaincompany.com (biz)

schkolne.com (personal)

Steven called out Dinamo, a type design agency, during the podcast.  Check them out at https://abcdinamo.com/

Learn To Tame Your Work Intake Beast!

Are you ready to find the time to use design thinking? Stop letting your out-of-control backlog reduce the value your products deliver. Our next Mastering Work Intake cohort starts on 31 May through 28 June in five manageable 90-minute gatherings. 

 

A testimonial!

“[A] great memorable session and a lot of inspiration to adopt this mindset and drive this across the organization. [A] big "THANK YOU" 👏 for hosting these sessions and writing this great book on "Work Intake" ✨. You both are just AWESOME. 🔥”

Soumya Sikder
Enterprise Agile Coach

For more details hop over to our Maven site https://bit.ly/3HEsKK7 for more information, sign up, or join the mailing list! SPaMCAST listeners get a $50 discount. Use the code, SPAM50

Re-read Saturday News

Chapter 7 of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport is titled Rule #4: Drain the Shallows. During both my reads of this chapter I have been struck by the amount of shallow work that creeps into my day even after the experiments and tweaks tried over the past several weeks. This week we focus on reducing the amount of shallow work!                                                                                                  

Remember to buy a copy of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World and read along.

Week 1: Logistics and Introduction - https://bit.ly/43fGAMX 

Week 2: Deep Work Is Valuable - https://bit.ly/3TznAVd 

Week 3: Deep Work Is Rare - https://bit.ly/4afglsG 

Week 4: Deep Work Is Meaningful - https://bit.ly/3vRso09 

Week 5: Work Deeply - https://bit.ly/4aQ5Uvq 

Week 6: Embrace Boredom - https://bit.ly/3JoBDIB 

Week 7: Quit Social Media - https://bit.ly/3Wk1dWK 

Week 8: Drain the Shallows - https://bit.ly/4drJ7YX 

 

Next SPaMCAST 

SPaMCAST 809 features our essay discussing whether accountability and responsibility are really ever separated in real life. Segregating the two ‘ilities might make sense for some roles but the nuances are generally far messier. 

We will also have a visit from Jon M Quigley who brings his Alpha and Omega of Product Development to the podcast.