Flipping between my favorite news media and the prediction markets is an interesting contrast between an institution which keenly wants to not be wrong and an institution which wants to be right.

Do you or your team show resistance to change? Douglas Squirrel and @jtf delve into the common ingrained habits that teams face when learning new processes in Agile frameworks. soundcloud.com/troubleshootin…

A friend moved from Toronto to NYC. He said that he'd see people in NYC who did impressive things, but when he met them, they seemed boring. His theory was, in T.O, you'd have to be a remarkable person to do these things. In NYC, a lot of the people doing Big Things are just

"Gun to Your Head" buff.ly/3Zc7zr5 Douglas Squirrel and @jtf #constraints

> Syrian rebels take over Aleppo > South Korea almost experiences a coup > French government collapses > CEO assassinated > Tsunami in California This advent calendar is wild

" #FoodForAgileThought 472: A Field Guide to Team Dynamics and Conflict; Continuous Reflection; Is Agile Dead? How AI and Extreme Agile Redefine Work; Gun to Your Head" buff.ly/3D0BZFg w/ andycleff Christina Jeff Sutherland Douglas Squirrel Jeffrey Fredrick

the hard part is to get people to think about what they're doing, that's nearly impossible. the even harder part is to get them to experiment & start changing things, that's virtually impossible. If they ever get those two, then they're off and running and only good things happen

The 20th year of CITCON kicks off with CITCON ANZ in Auckland on March 28th and 29th. See you there?

Register here: citconf.com/auckland2025/

Tommy Griffith I think I am feeling what the first professor to discover grad students felt.

You didn't hold back with feedback from our recent episode on top grading and interview storytelling. @jtf and I look at an insightful story from our listener Matt and we discuss the necessity for some structure in interviews. buff.ly/mQFKWIw

*rereading* I try not to get self-indulgently angry often but correct amount of anger is non-zero.

This diagram shows the regions in our solar system where each planet's gravitation dominates the others. But why does Jupiter not have a sphere around it? Because everywhere in the gray background is where Jupiter's gravity dominates the others! (Pluto added recently.)

The greatest business failures often come not from playing the game poorly, but from continuing to excel at things that no longer matter.

The next question is why you should preorder this book right away, rather than taking another two months to think about it, or waiting to hear what other people say after they read it. In terms of strictly selfish benefit: because we are planning some goodies for preorderers,

With Jeffrey Fredrick being off adventuring without the internet for two weeks recently, what did he learn while he was away? He and Douglas Squirrel discussed Type 1 and Type 2 fun, and why you should seek out Type 2 fun for adding business value on this week's episode.

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How can timely interruptions enhance learning and retention? Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel discuss the importance of immediate feedback in teams, drawing parallels with learning physical skills like tennis.

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TORONTO!!! FINALLY THE KARAOKE YOU DREAM OF!! AUGUST 15 AT SEE-SCAPE. LINK IN REPLIES