Books that help you earn the ability to benefit from technical excellence! We've talked about "wisdom from books" and something like the "Radio Free XP" bookshelf. On today's episode, we work to formalize the topic, and get into how and why _Turn The Ship Around_ and _Never Split The Difference_ can help people improve their tech career experience.…

Elisabeth Hendrickson and Janice Fraser, what else could you want to know?

Recording Date: Jan 16, 02024 Hosts: Tony Hansmann && Jesse Alford Guest: Bryon Kroger LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryon-kroger/recent-activity/all/ Brian Kroger is the founder and CEO of Rise8.us. A consultancy inspired by the Pivotal Model. Bryon works in the DOD and calls himself a bureaucracy hacker. In the episode, he points out that…

Recording Date: 2023-11-13 Hosts: Tony Hansmann && Jesse Alford Guest Name: Mala Janus Contact information: https://magnoliadevelopment.io https://www.linkedin.com/in/malakjanus/ Guest: Mala Janus is a Pivot who has never worked for Pivotal. She’s an XP practitioner who learned both the Dev and PM side of things while working at a large client who …

Recording Date: 2023-11-15 Hosts: Tony Hansmann && Jesse Alford Guest Name: Thomas Squeo Social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomassqueo/ Previous interview on Youtube.com: https://youtu.be/iZCPAHwhTWI?si=CfjhBEkyqN69x4eF Guest: Thomas Squeo Title: Let’s Play “Bet your Badge” with Thomas Squeo (01h:30m) One of the greatest things ab…

Recording Date: 2023-11-13 Hosts: Tony Hansmann && Jesse Alford Guest Name: Drew McManus Drew has a 30+ year career with orgs that are serious about software. He got involved with Pivotal Labs around 2006 and shepherded the practice until 2020. Social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewmcmanus/…

Recording Date: November 10th, 2023 Hosts: Tony Hansmann && Jesse Alford Guest Name: Alex Tran Alex Tran has spent time at Code For America, Pivotal, and touring around the US helping Climete Tech companies. He’s got a new UX Consultancy focused on climate, wellness, insurance, and govtech clients. We had the type of really fun conversation I miss …

Hosts: Tony Hansmann and Jesse Alford Guest: Steve Sorenson Contact information: steve@vrimanagementllc.com Tony talks to Steve. Jesses and Tony about it.

Recording Date: 2023-10-31 Hosts: Tony Hansmann && Jesse Alford Guest: Cptn L. David Marquet (Retired) Introduction to the Leader/Leader (With Tests!) In Cloud Foundry R&D, there was a moment when the leadership team decided they needed a new model. The book they turned to was “Turn the Ship Around” by David Marquet. Today, we talk with David about…

Recorded: 2023-10-25 Hosts: Jesse Alford and Tony Hansmann Summary: True Believer Davis Frank joins us to share his pairing journey, what the transition from solo to pair feels like, and what happens when "pairing is just not a fit" for a staff member. After the pair journey, Jesse and Davis make the case for joining the Pivotal Diaspora. Join us t…

Runtime: 1h:36m Guest: Dwayne Forde Host: Tony Hansmann Today's interview is with Dwayne Forde and I'm not even going to try to be measured about it! In a world where every Pivot is an unbelievably good coach and supporter, Dwayne Forde stands out as a Pivot's Pivot. Kind and effective without ever compromising integrity. Capable. So capable you st…

Recorded: Sept 15th, 02023 Guest: Jonathan Rogivue (aka JRO) Host: Tony Hansmann Call to action: JRO is looking for pairs/partners for physical makerspaces in Austin, TX, USA or Medellín, Columbia JRO Takes us on his pairing journey.

Recorded Oct 4th, 2023 Guest: David Laing (Dublin, IR CF Pivot) Host: Tony Hansmann Call to action: David is currently looking for collaborators who own production systems to participate in WellMaintained.io. Interested parties can join through their website. --- In today's episode, David Lang to discuss his new organization, WellMaintained.io. The…

Joshua Aresty Paring Journey && #OpenToGuests Joshua Aresty and Tony Hansmann take us through joining Pivotal, a pure pairing shop where coding practices and team dynamics are on another level. Joshua narrates his accidental path to Pivotal's San Francisco office. There, he plunged into the Release Integration Team, pairing with a diverse set of fo…

Nat Bennett is an amazing observer of work and how it works. This is their essay on The Conservation Of Conflict, read by Jesse Alford. Nat argues that in any group, there will be a certain number of conflicts. These conflicts cannot be created or destroyed except by changing the group's composition. Nat cites the example of teams arguing about fea…

Elisabeth Hendrickson is a transformational leader who mentored A LOT of folks at Pivotal. Join us for a conversation on the hows and whys of management and leadership at Pivotal.

Jesse Alford and Tony Hansmann talk about the book "Blindsight" by Peter Watts. Blindsight is intricate and very smart book. Exactly the kind of thing systems designers love to talk about.

Nat Bennett describes their pairing journey at Pivotal.