131: Poo-Covered Rocks with Cat Swetel
Greater Than Code
English - May 22, 2019 09:00 - 52 minutes - 50.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsTechnology Business technology psychology tech education humanity Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
01:40 - Cat’s Superpower: Knowing What Other People’s Superpowers Are (before they do!)
03:32 - Managing a Platform with Ancient Value
07:54 - Telling Stories Within Code: History Matters
10:11 - Cat’s Journey from Finance to Tech
13:47 - Exploring Systems
17:24 - Wardley Mapping (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardley_map)
31:52 - The Penguin Story: Looking For Poo-Covered Rocks
37:53 - The Power of Observation and Reflection
Reflections:
John: Maintaining the history of an application.
Jessica: So much of the world is what we can’t see. There is value in those poo-covered rocks!
Avdi: When you see a bunch of people trying to get somewhere that you don’t understand, look for the poo-covered rock.
Cat: What would it look like if we had a platform bard?
Janelle: Scheduling specific time to stop, reflect, and observe as teams.
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Special Guest: Cat Swetel.
01:40 - Cat’s Superpower: Knowing What Other People’s Superpowers Are (before they do!)
03:32 - Managing a Platform with Ancient Value
07:54 - Telling Stories Within Code: History Matters
10:11 - Cat’s Journey from Finance to Tech
13:47 - Exploring Systems
17:24 - Wardley Mapping
31:52 - The Penguin Story: Looking For Poo-Covered Rocks
37:53 - The Power of Observation and Reflection
Reflections:
John: Maintaining the history of an application.
Jessica: So much of the world is what we can’t see. There is value in those poo-covered rocks!
Avdi: When you see a bunch of people trying to get somewhere that you don’t understand, look for the poo-covered rock.
Cat: What would it look like if we had a platform bard?
Janelle: Scheduling specific time to stop, reflect, and observe as teams.
This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode
To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.
Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!
Special Guest: Cat Swetel.
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