SPaMCAST 713 - Agile 2022, Who Is Responsible For Quality, Essays and Conversations

Today's cast is a very short podcast. Over the past week, I spent an amazing week at Agile 2022. My goal was to be re-radicalized. I reconnected with friends, made new friends, learned a new set of personal pronouns (while not for me, they really work well), picked up a bunch of swag, learned a ton, got re-energized and re-radicalized, and got Covid19. I could have done without the latter. I will get better, but right now it is moving up on my personal least fun thing to do list. I told Jeremy Berriault (you will hear from him later) that Covid is somewhere between the sixth and seventh least fun thing I've ever been involved with. It was a solid #7 yesterday. With luck, things will be back to normal soon. All that aside, the money shot presentation (for me) was given by Bethany Andres-Beck, titled "A Radical Culture of Culture Building." Zie rocked it. The combination of small group influencing techniques combined with anarchist meeting design, community activism from the civil rights era, and the women's movent was simply brilliant. Better yet, none of it was pie in the sky theory but the relating of an experience report. I need to talk hir into appearing on the podcast. This presentation was worth the price of admission for me. I will share more in the near future. This week we return to the QA Corner with Jeremy Berriault to discuss who is responsible for quality. In many organizations quality is on QA's shoulders, should it be? Upcoming Event Jeremy Willets and I have been accepted as speakers for this year's Path to Agility! Our workshop is titled "Managing Work Entry: How the Mushy Middle is Killing Your Agility." I'm very excited to be part of this wonderful conference and hope to reconnect with long-time colleagues at a fabulous venue — The Ohio Union at The Ohio State University. See you soon Columbus! August 1 - 2 in Columbus, Ohio Register Today: https://bit.ly/3otqg7u Re-read Saturday News We WILL be back next week barring any catastrophes. Remember to buy a copy of Coaching Agile Teams by Lyssa Adkins and read along. Previous Installments Week 1: Logistics and Introduction - https://bit.ly/3A1aNTe Week 2: Will I Be A Good Coach - https://bit.ly/3nzDAHg Week 3: Expect High Performance - https://bit.ly/3Rl4fFf Next SPaMCAST Next week we will feature our interview with Jonathan Wright. Jonathan and I will discuss shifting right. If, after decades of listening to the mantra shift left, you just experienced whiplash, I understand.