"Agency" "empowerment" "accountability" can be empty promises to your tech team, or real skills you can learn. In this episode, Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick are joined by “competent minion” Sammy Hath to discuss how to solve difficult problems. soundcloud.com/troubleshootin…

If you wanted to know who Patrick McKenzie is talking about when he says "competent minion", Sammy is he.

According to Adam Grant “givers” can be both the highest and lowest performers. Learn how to give with impact in this episode with Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel : soundcloud.com/troubleshootin…

The most obnoxious person in your team may in fact be saving your bacon. Why and how to encourage the people Adam Grant calls "disagreeable givers", in today's episode of Troubleshooting Agile with Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick : soundcloud.com/troubleshootin…

Radical accountability via daily reporting can be surprisingly effective. Douglas Squirrel shares his multiyear experiment with Jeffrey Fredrick on today's Troubleshooting Agile podcast (15'24") : soundcloud.com/troubleshootin…

One highlight of Enterprise Tech Leadership Summit for Jeffrey Fredrick was Steve Yegge talking about the disruption from Chat Oriented Programming and predicted challenges for junior devs. Douglas Squirrel disagrees! Hear both sides on this week's episode: soundcloud.com/troubleshootin…

You've heard "built to learn" and "pivot", but have you done it and seen your KPI go up 500 times in 12 months? Gojko Adzic has! and he's written Lizard Optimization to tell us how. Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel discuss on this week's episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tro…

The secret of sales, marketing, and collaboration is making good offers. How do you do that? The key is empathy! Learn more in this week's episode with Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick : podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tro…

Listeners of Troubleshooting Agile might remember Ryan Singer from when we interviewed him about ShapeUp! back in 2022: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tro…

Want a quick introduction to Toyota Kata? We've put together highlights from the Toyota Kata series we did so you can have it all in one podcast episode. For a full Toyota Kata A-Z join Douglas Squirrel and @jtf : podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tro…

What does the iron triangle mean to you? Andy Giese gave his take in 'How to Make Product Give a Shit About Your Architecture Proposal’; Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel take a different view, in this episode of Agile Conversations: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tro…

Disappointment or Deception: When you're going to miss a deadline, which do you choose? This choice is pervasive across software organizations from an individual developer up to the CEO. Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick discuss in this episode: soundcloud.com/troubleshootin…

Do you choose the safety of a task list rather than risk learning? Predictions are a foundational ingredient for rapid feedback and yet often avoided. Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel discuss why is this episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tro…

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…