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Adversarial Analysis
Squirrel describes how he tells clients to handle overly specific, too-coherent directions: consider what an adversary would do to comply with the di…
3 years, 11 months ago
Directive vs Mutual Learning
A client challenges Squirrel on his directive style when coaching, wondering whether this clashes with his espoused belief in joint design and inquir…
4 years ago
Terrified The Engineers Will Quit
Squirrel and Jeffrey trade stories about leaders who live in fear of key software developers leaving, and therefore avoid honest feedback and effecti…
4 years ago
Product Owner vs Process Owner
Responding to a listener's question, Jeffrey and Squirrel reflect on the difference between a product owner and a process owner, and how IT projects …
4 years ago
Forced To Excel
We look at why "prop trading" companies like Jane Street have phenomenally profitable technology operations, and how we can learn from them and impro…
4 years ago
Ford not Ferrari: Feature Thinning and Return on Investment
Squirrel and Jeffrey look at two ways to "thin" features to achieve a better return on investment, for both customer features and productivity improv…
4 years ago
Summer Shorts and Learning Loops: OKRs
Taking iterative development to heart, Squirrel and Jeffrey discuss a learning loop topic, Summer Shorts and Learning Loops: OKRs, in five minutes or…
4 years, 1 month ago
Summer Shorts and Learning Loops: Retrospectives
Taking iterative development to heart, Squirrel and Jeffrey discuss a learning loop topic, Summer Shorts and Learning Loops: Retrospectives, in five …
4 years, 1 month ago
Summer Shorts and Learning Loops: Walking the board
Taking iterative development to heart, Squirrel and Jeffrey discuss a learning loop topic, Summer Shorts and Learning Loops: Walking the board, in fi…
4 years, 1 month ago
Summer Shorts and Learning Loops: Elephant carpaccio
Taking iterative development to heart, Squirrel and Jeffrey discuss a learning loop topic, Summer Shorts and Learning Loops: Elephant carpaccio, in f…
4 years, 1 month ago