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Engineering Culture by InfoQ

354 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings

Software engineers, architects and team leads have found inspiration to build better, high performing teams by listening to the weekly InfoQ Podcast. We have achieved that by interviewing some of the top CTOs, engineers and technology directors from companies like Uber, Netflix and more. Over 500,000 downloads in the last 3 years.

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Tim Olshansky on Career Paths for Technologists who don’t want to Manage People

May 28, 2021 14:16 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Tim Olshansky of Zenput about cross functional teams, OKRs, career paths for technologists, and making tradeoffs between technical and customer needs. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3g0zaom Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upcoming Virtual Events - events.infoq...

Ravi Lachman on the State of Developer Happiness, Engineer Burden and Avoiding Burnout

May 21, 2021 21:34 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Ravi Lachman about the state of developer happiness through the COVID-19 pandemic, engineer burden and avoiding burnout. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3c3oAvZ Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upcoming Virtual Events - events.infoq.com/ InfoQ Live: live.infoq....

Ravi Lachhman on the State of Developer Happiness, Engineer Burden and Avoiding Burnout

May 21, 2021 21:34 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Ravi Lachhman about the state of developer happiness through the COVID-19 pandemic, engineer burden and avoiding burnout. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3c3oAvZ Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upcoming Virtual Events - events.infoq.com/ InfoQ Live: live.infoq...

Aino Corry on Retrospective Antipatterns

May 14, 2021 13:45 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Aino Corry about common retrospective antipatterns and how to overcome them. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3eKee5G Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upcoming Virtual Events - events.infoq.com/ InfoQ Live: live.infoq.com/ - June 22, 2021 - July 20, 2021 - Augus...

Victor Nuṅez on Systemic Team Coaching to Enable Team Effectiveness

May 08, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Victor Nuṅez about how systemic team coaching helps teams perform more effectively and the importance of trusting teams as generative, creative and inteligent systems. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3xVIjHa Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upcoming Virtual Even...

Nishant Bhajaria on Privacy by Design

April 30, 2021 22:40 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Nishant Bhajaria, Head of Privacy Architecture and Strategy at Uber about the need for privacy by design, the hard decisions that need to be made about privacy and the factors which need to be considered when making trade-offs. His new book provides concrete advice on where to start and how to apply good privacy practices. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/2SlMdsF Subscribe to our newsletters: - Th...

Ken Charman on Fixing Pay Equity, Collaborative Cultures and Devolving Decision Authority

April 23, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Ken Charman of uFlexReward on Fixing Pay Equity, Collaborative Cultures, Devolving Decision Authority to Those Closest to the Work and Disrupting the Enterprise Software Purchasing Process. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3n9Hx4a Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ ...

Bob Davis of Plutora on DevOps and Value Stream Mapping

April 16, 2021 16:23 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Bob Davis of Plutora about DevOps, Value Stream Mapping, making bottlenecks visible, and using metrics effectively. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3mPvw3S Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upcoming Virtual Events - events.infoq.com/ InfoQ Live: live.infoq.com/ ...

Dimitar Karaivanov of Kanbanize on Implementing a Kanban System Effectively

April 09, 2021 12:36 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Dimitar Karaivanov of Kanbanize about the six core practices of Kanban and the importance of metrics for improving the flow of work. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3g5vYK7 Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upcoming Virtual Events - events.infoq.com/ InfoQ Live:...

Esther Weinberg of The Ready Zone on Building Cultures of Trust, Respect & Safety

April 02, 2021 10:08 - 34 minutes - 32 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Esther Weinberg of The Ready Zone on building cultures of trust, respect & safety to enable resilience and the ability to respond to disruptive change. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3dwIkYw Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upcoming Virtual Events - events.info...

Rebroadcast: Kim Scott on Radical Candor

March 26, 2021 18:52 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB

* This is a rebroadcasted episode on a popular subject about giving and receiving feedback. * In this podcast recorded at the Agile 2018 conference Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Kim Scott, author of the book Radical Candor about what radical candor is and how it can be applied in teams and relationships. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/2QGUeYe Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architect...

Joe Levy on Engineering Effectiveness through the Pandemic and Beyond

March 19, 2021 12:30 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Joe Levy of Uplevel about the results of their Engineering Effectiveness survey, the levels of stress and burnout in engineering teams and what managers can do to support their teams. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/30YGf1J Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upcom...

Wade Jackson on Great Culture and Unleashing Creativity Through Collaborative Disruption

March 13, 2021 18:14 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie spoke to Wade Jackson of Inspired Learning about playfulness, enabling great team and organisational culture and unleashing creativity through collaborative disruption. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3qKH0pN Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upcoming Virtual Events - events.infoq.com/ InfoQ Live: live.inf...

Engineering Culture Trends Report – March 2021

March 05, 2021 15:46 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MB

In this podcast the Culture and Methods editorial team discuss their views on the current state and trends in the Culture and Methods area that they monitor. The editorial team consists of Ben Linders, Craig Smith, Doug Talbot, Raf Gemmail, Shaaron Alvares and Shane Hastie. Unfortunately Shaaron was unable to join in the recording, however her perspectives are included in this and in the accompanying trends report article. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/2OeJdfr Subscri...

Allan Kelly on Continuous Digital, #NoProjects, Minimally Viable Teams and OKRs

February 19, 2021 21:54 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

In this podcast recorded at the Agile on the Beach (New Zealand) conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Allan Kelly about his book, Continuous Digital, #NoProjects, Minimally Viable Teams and OKRs. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3kajmBm Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/ Upcoming Virtual Events - events.i...

Alex Sloley the Value of Coaching, Mob Programming in Action, and Leadership for New Ways of Working

February 08, 2021 15:26 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB

In this podcast recorded at the Agile on the Beach (New Zealand) conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Alex Sloley about the value of a coach, mobbing as a way to solve tough problems and the importance of leadership in adopting new ways of working. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3a0Zc9n Subscribe to our newsletters: - The InfoQ weekly newsletter: bit.ly/24x3IVq - The Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-archi...

Renee Troughton on Deep Introspection, Integrated Organisations and Looking Beyond Agile

January 29, 2021 12:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

In this podcast recorded at the Agile Christchurch conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Renee Troughton. Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the https://bit.ly/3om1QdH Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends, peer-validated early adoption of technologies, and architectural best practices. Subscribe to The Software Architects’ Newsl...

Evan Leybourn on Responding to Uncertainty Using Business Agility

January 22, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB

In this podcast recorded at the Agile Christchurch conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Evan Leybourn about the characteristics of agile organisations and how they respond to disruption. Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the https://bit.ly/3sOEC3c Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends, peer-validated early adoption of technolog...

Doug Maarschalk on Self-determination Theory and Creating Motivational Culture

January 17, 2021 15:56 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB

In this podcast recorded at the Agile Christchurch conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Doug Maarschalk about how self-determination theory plays out in the workplavce and how to nurture motivation in individuals and teams. Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the https://bit.ly/3qnQA22 Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends, peer-...

Gonçalo Silva on Working Completely Asynchronously

January 08, 2021 12:00 - 25 minutes - 19.4 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Gonçalo-Silva of Doist about how they maintain a collaborative culture while working completely remotely and asynchronously. Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the https://bit.ly/35ga9kI Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends, peer-validated early adoption of technologies, and architectura...

Lyssa Adkins on 21st Century Leadership, Relationship Systems and the Role of Agile Coaching

December 18, 2020 14:30 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Lyssa Adkins, author of the book Coaching Agile Teams, about 21st century leadership, relationship systems, the role of agile coaching, brining more women’s voices to the fore and highlighting organisation disfunctions. Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the https://bit.ly/3rh9b10 Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom S...

Emily Jaksch on the Myths, Misconceptions and Realities of the Millennial Generation

November 27, 2020 12:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Emily Jaksch about the Myths, Misconceptions and Realities of the Millennial Generation. Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the https://bit.ly/3l2ZOh7 Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom

Antoine Patton on Learning to Code While in Prison and Sharing That Knowledge

November 22, 2020 13:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

In this podcast recorded at QCon San Francisco 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Antoine Patton on Holistic Ed-tech and Diversity, learning to code while in prison and founding a non-profit to teach people of color how to code. Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the https://bit.ly/3pOhAYK Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends, peer...

Harry Brumleve on Optimizing Yourself and Enabling Great Culture

November 13, 2020 23:45 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MB

In this podcast recorded at QCon San Francisco 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Harry Brumleve who was the track chair for Optimizing Yourself Human Skills for Individuals Track. Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the https://bit.ly/3nm2mIt Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends, peer-validated early adoption of technologies, and a...

Ayana Miller on Privacy & Data Governance and Julia Nguyen on Mental Health Tech for Good

November 06, 2020 13:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MB

In this podcast recorded at QCon San Francisco 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Ayana Miller of Pinterest on privacy & data governance and Julia Nguyen about her open-source project if-me.org for supporting mental health Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the https://bit.ly/32k5dcZ Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends, peer-valid...

Dr Pamela Gay from the Planetary Science Institute on Citizen Science

October 30, 2020 13:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MB

In this podcast recorded at QCon San Francisco 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Dr Pamela Gay from the Planetary Science Institute about her work using human wetware and machine learning in scientific research, fostering citizen science and ethical behabiours. Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the https://bit.ly/2JkpiJF Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Sta...

Aaron Blohowiak from Netflix on Mistakes and Discoveries While Cultivating Ownership

October 23, 2020 12:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB

In this podcast recorded at QCon San Francisco 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Aaron Blohowiak of Netflix about using a framework for delegation to encourage ownership and engagement among team members. Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the https://bit.ly/3dNpL2b Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends, peer-validated early adopti...

Hoang Bao on Ethics, Privacy and Regulation in Software Engineering

October 09, 2020 12:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MB

In this podcast recorded at QCon San Francisco 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Hoang Bao who was the track chair for the Ethics, Regulation, Risk, and Compliance track. Curated transcript and more information on the https://bit.ly/33Ezioz Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends, peer-validated early adoption of technologies, and architectural best practices. Subscribe to ...

Guillermo De Anda on Shifting Organisational Culture One Small Step at a Time

October 06, 2020 03:24 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Guillermo De Anda of ProKarma about digital transformations, shifting organisational culture one small step at a time and the importance of managers having a coaching mindset Curated transcript and more information on the https://bit.ly/34qQj4Z Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends, peer-validated early adoption of technologies,...

Nishant Bhajaria on Security, Privacy and Ethics

September 25, 2020 12:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Nishant Bhajaria about security, data privacy, ethics and privacy by design. Curated transcript and more information on the https://bit.ly/2G36qNw Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends, peer-validated early adoption of technologies, and architectural best practices. Subscribe to The Software Architects’ Newsletter: www.infoq.com...

Jeff Jacobson on the Coaching Profession and Leadership

September 18, 2020 12:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Jeff Jacobson Curated transcript and more information on the https://bit.ly/2FNzZSY Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends, peer-validated early adoption of technologies, and architectural best practices. Subscribe to The Software Architects’ Newsletter: www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/

Daniel Mezick & Mark Sheffield on Open Space using Zoom

September 11, 2020 08:26 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MB

In this episode Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, first spoke to Daniel Mezick & Mark Sheffield about using Zoom for Open Space events. They have release a set of guidelines and a checklist for online Open Space events under a Creative Commons license. Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the podcast: https://bit.ly/3mcdIza Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on e...

Em Campbell-Pretty on Scaling Culture and Greg Koeberger on Building a Culture you want to Work in

September 04, 2020 15:27 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MB

In these two episodes Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, first spoke to Em Campbell-Pretty about cultural change, the Scaled Agile Framework and her role as a SAFe Fellow. He then spoke to Greg Koeberger of readme.io about building a culture you want to work in. Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the podcast: https://bit.ly/3brfO9m Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay info...

Eric Willke & Ronica Roth on Leadership and Lisa Crispin on the State of Testing in Agile & DevOps

August 28, 2020 16:20 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MB

In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Eric Willeke & Ronica Roth about supporting leadership through transformation and then he spoke to Lisa Crispin about the state testing in agile and DevOps Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the podcast: https://bit.ly/2QyD3ES Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends,...

Eric Willeke & Ronica Roth on Leadership and Lisa Crispin on the State of Testing in Agile & DevOps

August 28, 2020 16:20 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MB

In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Eric Willeke & Ronica Roth about supporting leadership through transformation and then he spoke to Lisa Crispin about the state testing in agile and DevOps Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the podcast: https://bit.ly/2QyD3ES Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends,...

Sandra Davey on Purposeful Aligned Governance and Product Management

August 21, 2020 12:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Sandra Davey, Chair of Choice Australia and founder of The Product Space about governance with clear objectives and the current state of product management. Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the podcast: https://bit.ly/3aJEXvD Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends, peer-validated early a...

Rashina Hoda on Pandemic Programming and Agile Nations

August 17, 2020 21:53 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Dr Rashina Hoda or Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, about the Pandemic Programming study, the importance of research into human factors in software development focusing on the programmer experience, how biases impact software design and what it means to be an agile nation. Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the podcast: https://bit.ly/3axvnvL Follow us on Facebook, Tw...

Justin Dauer on Creative Culture

August 07, 2020 08:14 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Justin Dauer about his new book Creative Culture – Human centred interaction, design and inspiration. Listen to the podcast for more. Curated transcript and more information on the podcast: https://bit.ly/2Pva0Bo Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube: @InfoQ Follow us on Instagram: @infoqdotcom Stay informed on emerging trends, peer-validated early adoption of technologies, and architectural best practic...

Bas Vodde on LeSS, LeSS Huge and Descaling for Agility

July 13, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Bas Vodde, one of the formulators of Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) about how LeSS is designed to descale an organisation rather than scaling up to cope with complexity Why listen to this podcast: • LeSS is based on the idea of de-scaling and reducing complexity rather than scaling to cope with comple...

Quinn Slack of Sourcegraph on Moving to Fully Remote and Zoomcations

July 06, 2020 11:04 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Quinn Slack, CEO of Sourcegraph, about becoming a fully remote company, ways to improve communication and collaboration and the value of Zoomcations Why listen to this podcast: • If working remotely really is optional then it’s really important not to put any subtle pressure that says to people that they need to be in the office – it causes stress and confusion • Coming into a half-empty office feels like being in a d...

Interview - Steve AdolphSteve Adolph on Product Management, Product Ownership and Business Agility

July 01, 2020 20:16 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Steve Adolph about the role of the product owner, the rock crusher for user stories and bridging the gap between “the business” and IT Tags: Agile, Agile 2019, Agile conferences, product management, product ownership, business agility, user stories, MVP, MMF Why listen to this podcast: • The role of the product owner often hides the complexity of product management and upstream activities desig...

Steve Adolph on Product Management, Product Ownership and Business Agility

July 01, 2020 20:16 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Steve Adolph about the role of the product owner, the rock crusher for user stories and bridging the gap between “the business” and IT Tags: Agile, Agile 2019, Agile conferences, product management, product ownership, business agility, user stories, MVP, MMF Why listen to this podcast: • The role of the product owner often hides the complexity of product management and upstream activities desig...

Lanette Creamer on Exploratory Testing and Technical Testers

June 22, 2020 15:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MB

In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Lanette Creamer about the need for technical skills by testers and the importance of exploratory testing. Why listen to this podcast: • Despite the importance and value it provides, software testing is not a particularly respected profession • Testers with development skills and developers with testing skills can communicate effectively with each other and pairing results in faster bug identifi...

Scott Ambler on Disciplined Agile and Agile Beyond Software Teams

June 15, 2020 14:01 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MB

In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Scott Ambler of Disciplined Agile about the DA toolkit and taking agile beyond software devlopment Why listen to this podcast • Disciplined Agile is a toolkit which provides a view of agile adoption at four levels – software development, DevOps, IT departments and whole enterprise • The toolkit provides context and questions to help you to make better choices for the specific context each team ...

Steve Crago on Coaching, Mentoring and Facilitating Effective Teamwork

June 08, 2020 15:10 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MB

In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Steve Crago about how leaders need to be coaches, being a good mentor and facilitating effective meetings Why listen to this podcast • There is an expectation that leaders are able to be effective coaches for their teams today • There are tools such as the Leadership Circle Profile that can help you understand your own strengths and weaknesses • You don’t necessarily need to work on weaknesses...

Derek Weeks on the 2020 DevSecOps Community Survey Results

June 05, 2020 21:57 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Derek Weeks of Sonatype about the results of the 2020 DevSecOps Community Survey and the All Day DevOps conference. Why listen to this podcast: • If you’re doing DevOps correctly then DevSecOps is already a part of it • Organisations with mature DevOps practices have more security tools and security is more tightly integrated into the overall environment • Organisations with mature teams have a higher percentage of h...

Advices for Managers to Promote Mental Wellness in Turbulent Times

May 26, 2020 23:57 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Dr Michelle O’Sullivan and Douglas Talbot about how managers and team leads can support the mental wellness of their teams through turbulent times Why listen to this podcast: • Good work is one of the best things for our mental health. It gives us a sense of purpose and it provides us with a community • Mental wellness is about how to speak with people, having open conversations, giving people practical support when th...

Steve Holyer on Running an Effective Open Space and Tim Meyers on Good Coaching

May 11, 2020 19:20 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MB

In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, first spoke to Steve Holyer about facilitating open space events, then he spoke to Tim Meyers about the competencies and attitudes needed for good coaching Why listen to this podcast: (Open Space) • Open Space Technology is a powerful tool for engaging participation • Designing a good Open Space event take careful preparation and support • Open Space gives the benefit of the hallway conversations that...

Victor Germano, Deepti Jain and Angie Doyle on How the Agile Alliance Supports Community Initiatives

May 04, 2020 12:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to with Victor Germano, Deepti Jain and Angie Doyle about the ways the Agile Alliance supports community initiatives. Why listen to this podcast: • The Agile Alliance supports many initiatives which are the way that community members get involved with the work of the Alliance around the world • Initiatives are mainly member created ideas which support the value dials of the organisaiton: increase...

Collective Sensemaking and Deliberately Developmental Conversations

April 27, 2020 21:09 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB

In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Antoinette Coetzee and Jason Knight about Collective Sensemaking and Deliberately Developmental Conversations Tags: Agile, Agile 2019, Agile conferences, productivity, teamwork, psychological safety Key takeaways: • We are generally unaware of our own developmental stage in building relationships • Raising awareness and exploring our own perceptions is possible and a powerful tool for building...

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