Posts tagged with: Leadership

Leadership is Language  Re-read Saturday, Week 8 Chapter 7: Completing the Cycle: Improve

The improve play is one of the most powerful aspects of Marquet’s suggested framework. Improve is chapter 7 of Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say –... Read More

Leadership is Language  Re-read Saturday, Week 7, Chapter 6: The End of Redwork – Complete

The first of the 12 Principles in the Agile Manifesto is: “Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through the early and continuous delivery of valuable software.”   Couple that... Read More

SPaMCAST 778 – Charting A New Odyssey, A Conversation With Bill Fox

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 778 marks our return from Iceland.  WICKED trip, great country, great people!  We return with our interview with Bill Fox. Bill and I discussed... Read More

Leadership is Language  Re-read Saturday, Week 6, Chapter 5, Leaving Bluework Behind: Commit

Chapter 5 of Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say – and What You Don’t is titled, Leaving Bluework Behind: Commit. Whether you classify thinking as System... Read More

Leadership is Language  Re-read Saturday, Week 5, Chapter 4, Into the Bluework – Collaborate

Chapter 5 of L. David Marquet’s book, Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say – and What You Don’t is titled Into the Bluework: Collaborate. A simple... Read More

Leadership is Language  Re-read Saturday, Week 4, Chapter 3, Exiting Redwork – Control the Clock

Control The Clock is the first play in the new playbook, replacing Obey The Clock. Chapter 3 of L. David Marquet’s book, Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What... Read More

Leadership is Language  Re-read Saturday, Week 3, Chapter 2, The New Playbook

Chapter 2 of L. David Marquet’s book, Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say – and What You Don’t continues to make the case for changing how... Read More

Leadership is Language  Re-read Saturday, Week 2, Chapter One, El Faro

After reading Chapter One of  L. David Marquet’s book, Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say – and What You Don’t for the first time I wanted... Read More

SPaMCAST 772 – New Engineering Managers, Don’t Be A Victim, A Conversation With Ahmed Wasfy

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 772 features our interview with Ahmed Wasfy. We discuss the role of the engineering manager and how people learn to be engineering managers. Coming... Read More

SPaMCAST 756 – Change Myths, A Conversation With Paul Gibbons

SPaMCAST 756 welcomes back Paul Gibbons. In this visit, we discuss his new book Change Myths: The Professional’s Guide to Separating Sense from Nonsense which he co-authored with Tricia Kennedy.... Read More