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Work Intake Nuances in Mid-Management, Seamless Communications, Essays and Conversation w/ Jeremy Berriult - SPaMCAST 807
SPaMCAST 807 looks at the Nine Core Work Intake Principles from the organization’s middle. Each layer of the organization has an approach to work intake. While the macro outcome is the same for each layer – work is accepted – each has nuances. The simple three-tier view of organization design used in Mastering Work Intake begins with an executive layer followed by middle management and is…
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Rule #3: Quit Social Media, Deep Work Chapter 6, Re-read Saturday WK 7
Rule #3 of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, asks us to quit social media, sort of. Deep work requires space to think without distraction. To find that time, like space in a desk drawer, something needs to be cleared out. The author suggests spending less or no time on high-distraction, low-value work. In most of our careers, social media fits that bill. The point is…
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Why write Mastering Work Intake?
Why write Mastering Work Intake? Because Jeremy Willets and Tom Cagley decided maybe things could be different. That just chanting “stop starting and stop finishing” wasn’t enough. Our book provides the reader with ideas, principles, actionable advice, worksheets, and examples to help you tame the chaos of work entry. If you had the world enough and time maybe you could put off getting better,…
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Craft and Defend Organizational Culture, An Interview with Peter Schroeder, SPaMCAST 805
SPaMCAST 805 features our interview with Peter Schroeder. We discuss plane crashes, fatherhood, and the journey from DJ to a technologist and then to a business person. Organizational culture is critical in all organizations, double in distributed environments. Peter discusses how he learned to craft and defend organizational culture.
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Rule #2: Embrace Boredom, Deep Work Chapter 5, Re-read Saturday WK 6
Our society has a concentration problem. I was recently in line at Costco and as I was waiting to check out I pulled out my phone and began deleting emails. After a few moments, I remembered Rule #2, Embrace Boredom. I put my phone back in my pocket and looked around, everyone else was looking at their phone or actively interacting with others. A better use of the time would be contemplating a…
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Applying The Nine Core Principles of Work Intake and Why Organizations Do Projects with Susan Parente, SPaMCAST 804
The Nine Core Principles of Work Intake are a key backbone of Mastering Work Intake by Jeremy Willets and Tom Cagley. Teams and organizations need to apply these principles to avoid chaos. In the SPaMCAST 804, we illustrate the application of the Nine Core Principles based on role and organizational hierarchy beginning with the classic Scrum team roles.
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Rule #1: Work Deeply, Re-read Saturday WK 5, Deep Work Chapter 4
The second part of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport contains the rules and ideas for learning to work deeply. Chapter Four, Rule 1, is titled Work Deeply. When I read this chapter for the first time I was listening to the audiobook while jogging. I initially felt that the chapter title was trite. The title reminded me of the Steven Martin joke, “You can…
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Mastering Work Intake - What is Work Intake?
Our video provides a quick overview of Work Intake and why it is important. Enjoy and let’s discuss the concept. Learn to solve IT’s dirtiest secret — work intake. Stop ignoring it. Start fixing it. Today we are also announcing two new Mastering Work Intake training opportunities.
Diagnose and solve work intake anti-patterns
Become a work intake master. Work intake is the biggest challenge…
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Time For Agile To Buy Mom or Dad Jeans? A Conversation with Mark Metze, Jeremy Willets, and Tom Cagley, SPaMCAST 802
The SPaMCAST 802 features a panel discussion. Mark Metze, Jeremy Willets, and myself. discuss “Is agile still a movement or has it reached middle age?” We weigh the appropriateness of wailing and gnashing of teeth, hand wringing and sullen withdrawal, or pragmatism and philosophy. In the end, perhaps the right answer is to buy a pair of mom or dad jeans and accept that all great movements reach…
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Deep Work Beats Shallow Work Re-read Saturday WK 4, Deep Work Chapter 3
Chapter 3, Deep Work is Meaningful completes Part 1 of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport. If you are reading this chapter for the first time, my interpretation of the author’s intent is not to prove that deep work is meaningful but rather to argue that it is more meaningful than shallow work. If that ethical dichotomy is true, spending more time on deep…
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Winning Without Focus? Myth Debunked and Soft Skills Are Hard - SPaMCAST 801 with Kies Kostaqi
The SPaMCAST 801 will examine the question, “When is not having clear priorities a winning strategy?” While the answer might seem self-evident, I am not sure people and organizations put their money where their mouth is.
We also have Kies Kostaqi’s You Are Not Alone column. This installment highlights the soft skills required to be an effective Scrum Master. Soft does not mean unimportant or…
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Conformity Wins - Least Effort, Most Follow, Re-read Saturday WK 3, Deep Work Chapter 2
I was not in the workplace in the 1950’s so I can not remember the classic 1950s open office. But I have seen ghosts of approach over the years, ranging from cube farms to agile team rooms. The most startling was an office with 12 small standing desks around the perimeter and a four-person table in the middle (two chairs were missing because they did not fit). This horror story was presented as…
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Mastering Work Intake - Principles Matter, A Conversation with Johanna Rothman, Jeremey Willets, and Tom Cagley - SPaMCAST 800
In the Software Process and Measurement Cast 800 Johanna Rothman takes over the podcast and interviews Jeremy Willets and me. We discussed Mastering Work Intake, why principles make more sense than best practices, and how disciplined work intake is the core to getting work done. We learn that in practice, stop starting and start finishing only works when you pay attention to the work that goes…
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Deep Work Thrives in Digital Age, Re-read Saturday WK 2, Chapter 1
Chapter 1, Deep Work Is Valuable, begins the first part of the book Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport. Part 1, The Idea, comprises the book’s first four chapters and focuses on making the case for Deep Work.
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Beyond Buzzwords - Rethinking Collaboration in Software Development and Prioritization vs. Micromanagement - Finding the Right Balance - SPaMCAST 799
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 799 discusses why all communication is not collaboration. It is a commonly held belief that complex problems require collaborative efforts to solve. Couple that with an almost fad-like insistence that if a little collaboration is good, more is better, which leads to everything being deemed collaboration. We can do better with a little effort.
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From Wasted Time to Deep Work: A Re-Read Journey Begins, Re-read Saturday WK 1, Logistics and Introduction
I ran across the quote “I wasted time, and now doth time waste me” Shakespeare, Richard II as I was listening to Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport while jogging/walking the dog. The quote and the content of Newport’s book made me decide to feature my second time through Deep Work in our Re-read Saturday feature. Today we begin. I am reading the Kindle…
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Exploring the Power of Nearshore Software Development and Uplifting Organizational Culture: An Interview with Steve Taplin, SPaMCAST 798
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 798 features my interview with Steve Taplin of Sonatafy Technology. Steve and I discussed the nuances and benefits of nearshore software development. Steve also provided his thoughts on why building an uplifting culture both inside and outside the organization reaps powerful rewards for everyone it touches.
Steve Taplin leads Sonatafy Technology as its…
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