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Apr 16, 2021 • 34min
Bob Davis of Plutora on DevOps and Value Stream Mapping
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.
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Apr 9, 2021 • 37min
Dimitar Karaivanov of Kanbanize on Implementing a Kanban System Effectively
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.
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- April 13, 2021
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Apr 2, 2021 • 35min
Esther Weinberg of The Ready Zone on Building Cultures of Trust, Respect & Safety
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.
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Mar 26, 2021 • 16min
Rebroadcast: Kim Scott on Radical Candor
* 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.
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Mar 19, 2021 • 28min
Joe Levy on Engineering Effectiveness through the Pandemic and Beyond
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.
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Mar 13, 2021 • 22min
Wade Jackson on Great Culture and Unleashing Creativity Through Collaborative Disruption
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.
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- March 16, 2021
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Mar 5, 2021 • 53min
Engineering Culture Trends Report – March 2021
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.
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Feb 19, 2021 • 25min
Allan Kelly on Continuous Digital, #NoProjects, Minimally Viable Teams and OKRs
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.
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Feb 8, 2021 • 26min
Alex Sloley the Value of Coaching, Mob Programming in Action, and Leadership for New Ways of Working
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.
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Jan 29, 2021 • 24min
Renee Troughton on Deep Introspection, Integrated Organisations and Looking Beyond Agile
In this podcast recorded at the Agile Christchurch conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Renee Troughton.
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