Known Unknowns with Henrik and William
25 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Are you curious about product development, innovation, collaboration, and modern business related philosophies and methodologies? In this podcast, our hosts Henrik and William will cover these fascinating areas, with different topics and guest interviews in each episode.
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2.1: Getting Steve Faulkner wound up about accessibility
October 15, 2021 16:54 - 1 hour - 138 MBSteve Faulkner is really into accessibility. ”That’s all I’ve been doing for the last 20 years.” Steve has been an accessibility engineer since 2001, first with Vision Australia and currently with The Paciello Group. He has a hand in developing HTML5 and WAI-ARIA specifications as a member of W3C working groups, and is the editor of W3C specifications on HTML5, Using ARIA in HTML, accessibility APIs, and text alternatives. Or, for short – he’s been part of building the very foundation of ...
1.11: ”This was supposed to be a summer special”
September 22, 2021 17:45 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBJust another summer special, nothing special about that. Except the fact that the summer is already over, one might say. But that's incorrect! In the Northern Hemisphere, the autumnal equinox will occur on 22 September at 7.21pm GMT. That's almost two hours from now. (Nailed it!) Anywho. In this SUMMER SPECIAL episode, we talk about conventions. Why do we need conventions in a digital development setup? Is it ever a good idea to put together a Conventions Group to discuss and decide conven...
”This was supposed to be a summer special”
September 22, 2021 17:45 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBJust another summer special, nothing special about that. Except the fact that the summer is already over, one might say. But that's incorrect! In the Northern Hemisphere, the autumnal equinox will occur on 22 September at 7.21pm GMT. That's almost two hours from now. (Nailed it!) Anywho. In this SUMMER SPECIAL episode, we talk about conventions. Why do we need conventions in a digital development setup? Is it ever a good idea to put together a Conventions Group to discuss and decide conven...
1.10: ”At the end of the day, they were potatoes”
June 10, 2021 21:33 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBHave you ever applied to a job as developer and ended up with a bunch of ”code challenges” or ”tasks” to solve on your own and submit? One day, William had a brilliant idea; after participating as co-interviewer in a traditional interview with a candidate, he asked: ”How about we have a mob session instead of just sending [the person] an arbitrary code challenge?” Henrik was, obviously, overwhelmed with excitement. And so was the Engineering Manager in charge of hiring! A few months later, ...
”At the end of the day, they were potatoes”
June 10, 2021 21:33 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBHave you ever applied to a job as developer and ended up with a bunch of ”code challenges” or ”tasks” to solve on your own and submit? One day, William had a brilliant idea; after participating as co-interviewer in a traditional interview with a candidate, he asked: ”How about we have a mob session instead of just sending [the person] an arbitrary code challenge?” Henrik was, obviously, overwhelmed with excitement. And so was the Engineering Manager in charge of hiring! A few months later, ...
”The yellow meatball episode”
May 27, 2021 19:48 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MBWhat is the difference between self-organizing teams and self-managing teams? What did Henrik and William learn about the updated Scrum Guide during a recent ”Scrum beer” with Swedish agile experts? And why on Earth is this episode titled ”The yellow meatball episode”? ”Words, they do matter. That's also why we talk about self-organizing or self-managing, even though I can't tell the difference right now, spontaneously. The concern I have when it comes to autonomy is the extreme form of aut...
1.9: ”The yellow meatball episode”
May 27, 2021 19:48 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MBWhat is the difference between self-organizing teams and self-managing teams? What did Henrik and William learn about the updated Scrum Guide during a recent ”Scrum beer” with Swedish agile experts? And why on Earth is this episode titled ”The yellow meatball episode”? ”Words, they do matter. That's also why we talk about self-organizing or self-managing, even though I can't tell the difference right now, spontaneously. The concern I have when it comes to autonomy is the extreme form of aut...
”Failing miserably is fine as long as you don't fail the failure”
March 12, 2021 16:07 - 35 minutes - 33.2 MBWhy is it important to embrace and celebrate failure? And why is it important to foster a culture in a workplace where you are allowed to fail? ”Hopefully, your worldview is growing everyday. There's a bunch of things you don't know. So whenever you try something new you are going to fail at first, but ultimately you're going to learn something; your worldview will change. If you're not failing in life, that means you're actually not learning anything,” William the Wiseacre philosophize, re...
1.8: ”Failing miserably is fine as long as you don't fail the failure”
March 12, 2021 16:07 - 35 minutes - 33.2 MBWhy is it important to embrace and celebrate failure? And why is it important to foster a culture in a workplace where you are allowed to fail? ”Hopefully, your worldview is growing everyday. There's a bunch of things you don't know. So whenever you try something new you are going to fail at first, but ultimately you're going to learn something; your worldview will change. If you're not failing in life, that means you're actually not learning anything,” William the Wiseacre philosophize, re...
1.7: ”Open sourcing your code isn't sharing your profits, it's sharing your risks”
February 24, 2021 22:19 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBWhen Skolplattformen, a digital platform for schools in the Stockholm Region, was launched in 2018, it had already cost a staggering €100 million (roughly $120 million) of tax payers money – and the release was anything but successful. Bugs upon bugs, soon followed by critical security breaches. Out of pure frustration, developer and entrepreneur Christian Landgren (who also happened to be a parent forced to use the digital platform) decided to start an open source project fixing the most se...
”Open sourcing your code isn't sharing your profits, it's sharing your risks”
February 24, 2021 22:19 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBWhen Skolplattformen, a digital platform for schools in the Stockholm Region, was launched in 2018, it had already cost a staggering €100 million (roughly $120 million) of tax payers money – and the release was anything but successful. Bugs upon bugs, soon followed by critical security breaches. Out of pure frustration, developer and entrepreneur Christian Landgren (who also happened to be a parent forced to use the digital platform) decided to start an open source project fixing the most se...
1.6: ”It’s about creating environments for people to meet, communicate, and do things together”
January 28, 2021 15:18 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBAfter mentioning the word ”culture” approximately a million times throughout the season, it's finally time to dedicate an entire episode to corporate culture. And since both Henrik and William are somewhat obsessed with collaboration, the focus is pretty obvious: How do you foster a collaborative culture within you team, workspace, or company? Throughout this highly cultivating episode (pun intended), William shares an anecdote from a former workplace, raises the curtain behind the fluffy w...
”It’s about creating environments for people to meet, communicate, and do things together”
January 28, 2021 15:18 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBAfter mentioning the word ”culture” approximately a million times throughout the season, it's finally time to dedicate an entire episode to corporate culture. And since both Henrik and William are somewhat obsessed with collaboration, the focus is pretty obvious: How do you foster a collaborative culture within you team, workspace, or company? Throughout this highly cultivating episode (pun intended), William shares an anecdote from a former workplace, raises the curtain behind the fluffy w...
1.5: ”A good design system is a set of Legos where you can combine simple things to make more complicated things”
January 12, 2021 19:43 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MBIn this episode, we're dealing with design systems – but from a slightly different angle. Instead of talking about how to set up, develop, and maintain a design system, we discuss it from a consumer's perspective. And by ”consumer” we mean a development team within an organization utilizing and contributing to a design system. ”A lot of people have this gut instinct of 'now I'm just gonna be doing boring stuff because I can't have the wild west of all possible CSS available to me anymore. I...
”A good design system is a set of Legos where you can combine simple things to make more complicated things”
January 12, 2021 19:43 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MBIn this episode, we're dealing with design systems – but from a slightly different angle. Instead of talking about how to set up, develop, and maintain a design system, we discuss it from a consumer's perspective. And by ”consumer” we mean a development team within an organization utilizing and contributing to a design system. ”A lot of people have this gut instinct of 'now I'm just gonna be doing boring stuff because I can't have the wild west of all possible CSS available to me anymore. I...
1.4: ”I'd rather default to being together, and if it's painful we'll figure it out”
December 30, 2020 20:18 - 54 minutes - 50 MBIn this episode, we're moving away from philosophical and organizational discussions and into some nitty-gritty technical details: Monorepo (mono repository), a single repository that stores all of your code and assets for every project. So, what's the difference between a monorepo and a monolith? What are the pros and cons of going mono? When and why should you use a monorepo instead of split repositories? Acting as the devil's advocate, Henrik tries his best to throw the full-fledged monoi...
”I'd rather default to being together, and if it's painful we'll figure it out”
December 30, 2020 20:18 - 54 minutes - 50 MBIn this episode, we're moving away from philosophical and organizational discussions and into some nitty-gritty technical details: Monorepo (mono repository), a single repository that stores all of your code and assets for every project. So, what's the difference between a monorepo and a monolith? What are the pros and cons of going mono? When and why should you use a monorepo instead of split repositories? Acting as the devil's advocate, Henrik tries his best to throw the full-fledged monoi...
”The structural decomposition of an organization”
December 16, 2020 23:05 - 50 minutes - 47.2 MBMost of us have heard of capability teams. But what exactly is the philosophy behind capability-aligned organizations? How do they differ from traditional product-aligned organizations? And how do you even define a capability? Henrik and William dives right into the trending topic of capability teams, covering the most common capability-aligned patterns (experiences vs services and end-to-end product slices), the collaborative culture at Spotify, and the capability-compatible mindset of Ma...
1.3: ”The structural decomposition of an organization”
December 16, 2020 23:05 - 50 minutes - 47.2 MBMost of us have heard of capability teams. But what exactly is the philosophy behind capability-aligned organizations? How do they differ from traditional product-aligned organizations? And how do you even define a capability? Henrik and William dives right into the trending topic of capability teams, covering the most common capability-aligned patterns (experiences vs services and end-to-end product slices), the collaborative culture at Spotify, and the capability-compatible mindset of Ma...
1.2: ”Mob programming is a totally different way of looking at effectiveness and productivity”
December 01, 2020 23:01 - 35 minutes - 33.2 MBWhen William first heard of mob programming, he thought of it as a joke. ”Some people do mob programming, they sit in a group and they do work together. And I was like... Why?” Of course, now he knows better. Much better, actually. So much that he's set out on a crusade together with Henrik to instigate change in their company – trying to turn mob programming into the standard way of working. Henrik, on the other hand, usually sees himself as a joke in mob situations. 😅 ”My incentive back i...
”Mob programming is a totally different way of looking at effectiveness and productivity”
December 01, 2020 23:01 - 35 minutes - 33.2 MBWhen William first heard of mob programming, he thought of it as a joke. ”Some people do mob programming, they sit in a group and they do work together. And I was like... Why?” Of course, now he knows better. Much better, actually. So much that he's set out on a crusade together with Henrik to instigate change in their company – trying to turn mob programming into the standard way of working. Henrik, on the other hand, usually sees himself as a joke in mob situations. 😅 ”My incentive back i...
”The Devil might wanna try Lean UX”
November 17, 2020 05:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MB”Design is a function, not a person.” That's a pretty bold statement! But what does it mean? William has approximately three thousand questions about this core principle of the Lean UX philosophy. Guided by Henrik, the self-proclaimed guru of Lean-Agile methodologies (not really... but he is in fact a boisterous advocate of Lean-Agile philosophies in general and the Lean UX principles in particular), William tries to wrap his head around a way of working that includes ”prioritizing co-crea...
1.1: ”The Devil might wanna try Lean UX”
November 17, 2020 05:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MB”Design is a function, not a person.” That's a pretty bold statement! But what does it mean? William has approximately three thousand questions about this core principle of the Lean UX philosophy. Guided by Henrik, the self-proclaimed guru of Lean-Agile methodologies (not really... but he is in fact a boisterous advocate of Lean-Agile philosophies in general and the Lean UX principles in particular), William tries to wrap his head around a way of working that includes ”prioritizing co-crea...
Trailer
November 13, 2020 14:57 - 56 seconds - 2.14 MBAre you curious about product development, innovation, collaboration, and modern business related philosophies and methodologies? In that case, the Known Unknowns with Henrik and William might just be the perfect fit for you. In this podcast, our hosts Henrik and William, aided by our fabulous producer Florence Davaine, will cover these fascinating areas, with different topics and guest interviews in each episode. Henrik is a senior product owner and digital strategist; William is a senior ...
1.0: Trailer
November 13, 2020 14:57 - 56 seconds - 2.14 MBAre you curious about product development, innovation, collaboration, and modern business related philosophies and methodologies? In that case, the Known Unknowns with Henrik and William might just be the perfect fit for you. In this podcast, our hosts Henrik and William, aided by our fabulous producer Florence Davaine, will cover these fascinating areas, with different topics and guest interviews in each episode. Henrik is a senior product owner and digital strategist; William is a senior ...