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Radio Free XPA Pair of Books: Marquet && VossBooks 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.2024-04-201h 12

Radio Free XPElisabeth and JaniceElisabeth Hendrickson and Janice Fraser, what else could you want to know? 2024-04-011h 01

Radio Free XPGo Hack Your Bureaucracy or “Fall seven, rise eight.”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 once you understand how the bureaucracy is “programmed,” you can often get a lot further than you can in private industry. Listen through to all the way! Tony && Jesse ...2024-02-2744 min

Radio Free XPPivots in the wild with Mala JanusRecording 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 built their own Pivotal-style Lab. All Pivots know the magic experience of meeting new Pivots, the origin stories, the comparison of how “we do things here,” the seekin...2023-12-191h 16

Radio Free XPLets play "Bet your badge" with Thomas SqueoRecording 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 about being in the field for Cloud Foundry was meeting leaders who were deploying not just Cloud Foundry but an array of transfor...2023-12-161h 29

Radio Free XPXP is Made of PEOPLE! with Drew McManusRecording 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/ 2023-12-041h 12

Radio Free XP"Situate the collaborators against the problem" with Alex TranRecording 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 having with Designers! We talk about his pairing journey, design on a balanced team, and some of the principles he teaches his design students. Social media: LinkedIn: ht...2023-11-2140 min

Radio Free XP"As a Technical co-founder...." With Steve SorensonHosts: Tony Hansmann and Jesse Alford Guest: Steve Sorenson Contact information: steve@vrimanagementllc.com Tony talks to Steve. Jesses and Tony about it. 2023-11-1346 min

Radio Free XPNudge 61 with David MarquetRecording 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 the outline of the Leader/Leader process and how to adopt it. He recommends, “Start with self.” Join us for t...2023-11-0434 min

Radio Free XPA love letter to Tanzu Pivots with Davis FrankRecorded: 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 to mainline some Pivotal goodness. Davis recounting his Paring Journey on stage at Golden...2023-10-271h 43

Radio Free XP"Pairing made me 20x more effective" a conversation with Dwayne FordeRuntime: 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 start to wonder if there's any limit at all. Dwayne knows team sports, and at Pivotal, I...2023-10-181h 36

Radio Free XPJRO's Pairing JourneyRecorded: 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.2023-10-1431 min

Radio Free XPDavid Laing WellMaintained.ioRecorded 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 episode focuses on the problem of creating efficient and humane operational teams for running software in production environments. Key Takeaways: Genesis of WellMaintained.io: David...2023-10-1313 min

Radio Free XPJoshua Aresty Pairing Journey and #OpenToGuestsJoshua 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 folks that ranged from freelance genius to PhD math candidates. At the heart of their discussion lies the concept of paired programming. For both Joshua and Tony, pairing went beyond coding; it established an intimate, productive...2023-10-131h 00

Radio Free XPDavid Laing and WellMaintained.ioHost: Tony Hansmann Guest: David Laing (Dublin CF Pivot) Recorded Oct 4th, 2023 Runtime: 14 min Pointers: WellMaintained.io In today's episode, host Tony is joined by David Lang to discuss David's organization, Well-Maintained.org. The episode focuses on the problem of creating efficient and humane operational teams for running software in production environments. Genesis of Well-Maintained.org: David explains that the organization aims to extend the efficient software development practices proven at Pivotal to software operations. The goal is not just efficient operation but also...2023-10-1302 min

Radio Free XPJoshua Aresty Pairing JourneyJoshua Aresty and Tony Hansmann talk pairing journey, #opentoguests, and working for a pure XP shop. 2023-10-111h 00

Radio Free XPNat Bennett Newsletter: Conservation Of ConflictNat 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 features vs. chores. They argue this is often a sign the team is avoiding a more difficult conversation about who gets to decide what to work on.Listen now and to get the full picuture!2023-09-1611 min

Radio Free XPThe Difference between Kind and NiceElisabeth 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.2023-09-1655 min

Radio Free XPBlindsight Book ReviewJesse 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.2023-09-1650 min

Radio Free XPNat Bennett Pairing JourneyNat Bennett describes their pairing journey at Pivotal.2023-09-1423 min