All posts by: Thomas Cagley

AI, ML, and Lifelong Learning – A Great Combination, A Conversation With Richmond Alake, SPaMCAST 825

The SPaMCAST 825 features our conversation with Richmond Alake. During our conversation, we discussed AI, Machine Learning, and most importantly why being a lifelong learner is important (really important). Need... Read More

How To Be A Stoic Re-read, Chapter 1 – The Unstraightforward Path, Re-read Saturday. Week 2

Let’s begin by dispelling the notion that Stoicism eschews emotion and feeling, rather than a philosophy based on the importance of wisdom, character, and balance. Pigliucci states, “Stoicism is an... Read More

You Can Never Cross The Same River Twice, Essays and Conversations with Jon M Quigley, SPaMCAST 824

The SPaMCAST 824 compares the Great Avon Lake Tornado and power outage with the purported death of Agile. Cap that off with many in the industry doubling down on Agile... Read More

How To Be A Stoic Re-read, Initial Thoughts and Plans, Re-read Saturday. Week 1

Today we begin the re-read of How To Be A Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci. I bought this book while on a trip to Ann Arbor, Michigan. I was there for a... Read More

Learning From Data, A Conversation With Kirk Marple, SPaMCAST 823

The introduction and outro words are abbreviated this week. I will regale you with the tale of the Avon Lake Toronado next. Now I need to find a way of... Read More

Concluding Thoughts, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Re-read, Wk 12

Optimal experiences and flow are states that are often left to chance. One of the important ideas from Flow is these states should not be left to chance and that... Read More

Urgency Versus Importance – Which Drives Your Work, Teams And Why We Need Them, Conversations with Jeremy Willets and Jeremy Berriault, SPaMCAST 822

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 822 features a discussion that Jeremy Willets and I had during the Work Intake Summer Camp. The tyranny of the urgent often eclipses work... Read More

Making Of Meaning, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Re-read Chapter 10, Wk 11

Chapter 10, Making Of Meaning, culminates Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow. Meaning provides a yardstick to evaluate the human condition and to consider what it means to be a human being in... Read More

Building A Business And A Leader, An Interview With Alex Natskovich, SPaMCAST 821

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 821 features our interview with Alex Natskovich. We talk about the attributes of a leader when building a business but even more importantly learning... Read More

Baselining Ideas for Improvement, Who Is Most Important, Essays and Conversations with Susan Parente, SPaMCAST 820

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 820 continues the story of Innovatech. In this installment, Emma “sells” baselining the flow to generate ideas for improvement and a starting point. The... Read More