Podcast appearances and mentions of al pittampalli

Today's podcast episode delves into a crucial yet often overlooked aspect of teamwork: problem-solving. In a world where teams are not just expected to perform tasks but also to tackle complex challenges, one might assume that having multiple minds at the table would naturally lead to superior outcomes. However, the reality presents a stark contrast, with problem-solving efforts frequently marred by inefficiency, conflict, and overly cautious decisions. To address this conundrum, we turn to insights from Al Pittampalli's enlightening piece, “Why Groups Struggle to Solve Problems Together,” which outlines a five-stage process that individuals inadvertently follow when tackling issues, whether they be as significant as a blocked major trade route affecting time-sensitive products or as mundane as navigating a traffic jam to avoid being late for a meeting. The episode promises to equip teams with strategies for enhanced collaboration, aiming to transform the way challenges are approached and ensuring that the pursuit of solutions is both effective and innovative. Join us as we explore the two illustrative charts provided, designed to guide your team towards overcoming the hurdles of collective problem-solving and embracing the complexities of today's demanding environment.في حلقة البودكاست اليوم، نغوص في جانب حاسم ولكنه غالباً ما يتم تجاهله من العمل الجماعي: حل المشاكل. في عالم يتوقع فيه من الفرق ليس فقط أداء المهام ولكن أيضاً مواجهة التحديات المعقدة، قد يعتقد المرء أن وجود عدة عقول على طاولة النقاش سيؤدي بطبيعة الحال إلى نتائج أفضل. ومع ذلك، تقدم الواقع صورة مغايرة، حيث غالباً ما تتأثر جهود حل المشاكل بالعديد من العوائق مثل عدم الكفاءة، والصراع، والقرارات المفرطة في الحذر. لمواجهة هذا اللغز، نلجأ إلى الأفكار المستقاة من مقال "لماذا تكافح المجموعات لحل المشاكل معاً" لأل بيتامبالي، الذي يحدد عملية من خمس مراحل يتبعها الأفراد بشكل غير مقصود عند مواجهة المشكلات، سواء كانت كبيرة مثل انسداد طريق تجاري رئيسي يؤثر على المنتجات الحساسة للوقت أو صغيرة مثل الوقوع في زحام المرور لتجنب التأخير عن اجتماع. تعد الحلقة بتزويد الفرق بإستراتيجيات للتعاون المحسن، بهدف تحويل طريقة مواجهة التحديات وضمان أن السعي وراء الحلول فعّال ومبتكر. انضم إلينا ونحن نستكشف الرسمين التوضيحيين المقدمين، المصممين لإرشاد فريقك نحو التغلب على عقبات حل المشكلات الجماعية واحتضان تعقيدات البيئة المطالبة اليوم. Support the showSupport the Podcast on:https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/okuwatly?locale.x=en_UShttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/MaBa3refSubscribe to Maba3ref Newsletter:https://maba3refbranching.beehiiv.com/Connect with Maba3ref Podcast:https://www.instagram.com/maba3refbyomarConnect on TIKTOK:https://www.tiktok.com/@okuwatly

As a leader, changing your mind has always been perceived as a weakness. Not anymore. In a world that's changing faster than ever, successful leaders realize that a genuine willingness to change their own minds is the ultimate competitive advantage. Drawing on evidence from social science, history, politics, and more, business consultant Al Pittampalli reveals why confidence, consistency, and conviction, are increasingly becoming liabilities—while humility, inconsistency, and radical open-mindedness are powerful leadership assets. In Persuadable, you'll learn how Ray Dalio became the most successful hedge fund manager in the world by strategically curbing confidence. How Alan Mullaly saved Ford Motor Company, not by staying the course, but by continually changing course. How one Nobel Prize-winning scientist discovered the cause of ulcers by bravely doubting his own entrenched beliefs. You'll learn how Billy Graham's change of heart helped propel the civil rights movement, and how a young NFL linebacker's radical new position may prove to alter the world of professional football as we know it. Pittampalli doesn't just explain why you should be persuadable. Distilling cutting edge research from cognitive and social psychology, he shows you precisely how. Rife with actionable advice, Persuadable is an invaluable guide for today's data-driven, results-oriented leader.

Al Pittampalli, the Founder of MCW Consulting and author of Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World, discusses the struggle between speed and accuracy in the decision making process in the modern world.

SPaMCAST 448 features our essay on uncertainty. Al Pittampalli said, “uncertainty and complexity produce anxiety we wish to escape.” Dealing with uncertainty is part of nearly everything we do our goal should be to address uncertainty head on. The second column features Steve Tendon talking about Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban published J Ross (buy a copy here). We tackle Chapter 18.   Our third column is the return of Jeremy Berriault and his QA Corner. Jeremy discusses leading in  QA.  Jeremy  blogs at https://jberria.wordpress.com/ Re-Read Saturday News Chapter 10 concludes our re-read of Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson which was published by Henry Holt and Company in 2015.  This week's chapter is titled, The Experience of Holacracy. In this chapter, Robertson wraps up most of the loose ends. Next week we will conclude this re-read with some final comments and thoughts.   Catch up on the all of the Holacracy entries: Week 1:  Logistics and Introduction Week 2: Evolving Organization Week 3: Distribution Authority Week 4: Organizational Structure Week 5: Governance Week 6: Operations Week 7: Facilitating Governance Week 8: Strategy and Dynamic Control Week 9 Adopting Holacracy Week 10: Moving Toward Holacracy Week 11: Experience of Holacracy In two weeks we will begin the next book in our Re-read series,  The Science of Successful Organizational Change. (I ordered my copy have you?). Remember to use the link to buy a copy in order to support the podcast and blog. The reread will be led by Steven Adams.   I am looking forward to sitting on the other side of the table during the next re-read! Visit the Software Process and Measurement Cast blog to participate in this and previous re-reads.   A Call To Action If you even got a single new idea this week while listening to the podcast, please give the SPaMCAST a short, honest review in iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you are listening.  If you leave a review please send a copy to spamcastinfo@gmail.com.  Reviews help guide people to the cast! Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 449  will feature our interview with Jasveer Singh.  We discussed his new book, Functional Software Size Measurement Methodology with Effort Estimation and Performance Indication.  Jasveer, proposes a new sizing methodology for estimation and other measurement processes. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: “This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, for you or your team.” Support SPaMCAST by buying the book here. Available in English and Chinese.  

SPaMCAST 447 features our interview with Angela Wick on the role of the Product Owner and Business Analyst in Agile efforts. These two roles are critically important for delivering value in an Agile environment. Angela provides a fresh take on the Product Owner role and the Product Owner's relationship to other roles Agile teams. Angela is the founder of BA-Squared, LLC, a training and consulting practice.  She is passionate about modernizing requirements practices and helping organizations collaborate on a Product Vision aligned to strategy and guiding them to a meaningful backlog and iterations that keep the customer and organizational value top of mind. She trains, coaches and teaches organizations on Product Ownership and Agile BA! Email: Angela@BA-Squared.Com Web: http://www.ba-squared.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelawickcbap Twitter: https://twitter.com/WickAng This is not the first time the SPaMCAST has featured essays and conversations on the role of product owners ( for exampleSPaMCAST 430 and SPaMCAST 325).   Re-Read Saturday News Chapter 9 continues the third section of Holacracy, Evolution Installed: Living Holacracy.   Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson was published by Henry Holt and Company in 2015.  This week's chapter is titled If You're Not Ready To Adopt: Moving Toward Holacracy.  In this chapter Robertson softens his if-you-can't-do-it-all-don't-do-anything approach.   This chapter begins with a story of Robertson being asked how they can move forward in a limited manner.  The person had just intently listened to a talk on Holacracy. The person explained that they could see the value, but did not have to power to change the organization or even their department.  Robertson’s knee jerk response was that you could not use parts; however, the response felt wrong.  So he reached out the larger community of practitioners to gather their field observations for how they handled scenarios in which everything could not be implemented.  Whether the story is apocryphal or not matters less than that this chapter softens the all-or-nothing stance stated earlier in the book.     Catch up on the all of the Holacracy entries: Week 1:  Logistics and Introduction Week 2: Evolving Organization Week 3: Distribution Authority Week 4: Organizational Structure Week 5: Governance Week 6: Operations Week 7: Facilitating Governance Week 8: Strategy and Dynamic Control Week 9 Adopting Holacracy Week 10: Moving Toward Holacracy   In approximately three weeks we will begin the next book in our Re-read series,  The Science of Successful Organizational Change. Remember to use the link to buy a copy in order to support the podcast and blog. The reread will be led by Steven Adams.   I am looking forward to sitting on the other side of the table during the next re-read! Visit the Software Process and Measurement Cast blog to participate in this and previous re-reads.   A Call To Action If you got a new idea this week while listening to the podcast, please give the SPaMCAST a short, honest review in iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you are listening.  If you leave a review please send a copy to spamcastinfo@gmail.com.  Reviews help guide people to the cast!   Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 448 will feature our essay on uncertainty. Al Pittampalli said, “uncertainty and complexity produce anxiety we wish to escape”. Dealing with uncertainty is part of nearly everything we do.   The second column will feature Steve Tendon talking about Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban published J Ross (buy a copy here). We tackle Chapter 18.   Our third column will be from Jeremy Berriaul.t. Jeremy discusses leading in  QA.  Jeremy  blogs at https://jberria.wordpress.com/   Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: “This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, for you or your team.” Support SPaMCAST by buying the book here. Available in English and Chinese.  

Al Pittampalli started his career as an IT consultant for Ernst & Young where he advised Fortune 500 organizations all over the country. This is where he first realized that mediocrity and ingrained stubbornness were epidemics. Al now helps organizations like NASA, Hewlett Packard, Abbot Labs, transform their organizational cultures. He is the author of two books that help individuals and organizations adapt to a fast changing world. In latest book, “Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World,” Al uses decades of social science to reveal how being persuadable is not only the right thing to do, its the smart thing to do and creates a powerful advantage in both business and life. Secret – timesaving technique Al takes time every day to prioritize work with his program manager -- 20% of what you do contributes 80% of your results. ONWARD! Daily habit that contributes to success Tap into your creativity -- Al starts each day by following Julia Cameron's Morning Pages strategy. Could have ruined your business – but now – an invaluable learning experience Al was seduced by short-term opportunities -- and Al tells the whole story here. Most critical skill you think business owners need to master to be successful "In a world that's constantly changing -- being persuadable -- the ability to adapt to changing circumstances -- is the real competitive advantage." Most influential lesson learned from a mentor "Being safe is now risky."   Final Round – “Breaking Down the Recipe for Success”  What strategy would you recommend new business owners focus on to best ensure success? Realize the cost of planning Just test it out How best to connect with Al: Website: www.alpitt.com

Welcome to episode #502 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Mirum Podcast.  Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Mirum Podcast - Episode #502 - Host: Mitch Joel. Every so often, someone (on Twitter, Facebook or whatever) asks if there are any good books for conducting a meeting? For me, there is only one such book, and it's Al Pittampalli's, Read This Before Our Next Meeting: The Modern Meeting Standard for Successful Organizations. To make it even better, it's a quick and simple read too. I was thrilled to see that Al is back with his second book, Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World. It's a book for our modern world. We think that real leadership is about having a vision and driving it, at all costs. It turns out that times have changed. Making great things happen is more about surrounding yourself with the right people and being very open to changing courses. While that may sound obvious... it is not. Enjoy the conversation...  Running time: 51:16. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter.  Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available. CTRL ALT Delete is now available too! Here is my conversation with Al Pittampalli. Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World. Read This Before Our Next Meeting: The Modern Meeting Standard for Successful Organizations. Follow Al on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'. Get David's song for free here: Artists For Amnesty. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Mirum Podcast - Episode #502 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: advertising podcast al pittampalli audio blog blogging brand business blog business book business podcast david usher digital marketing digital marketing agency digital marketing blog facebook google itunes j walter thompson jwt leadership leadership podcast management podcast marketing marketing blog marketing podcast mirum mirum agency mirum agency blog mirum blog persuadable red this before our next meeting twitter wpp

Al Pitampalli's frustration with endless meetings and other things that don't seem to have a purpose led to what he calls a meetings revolution. In this episode we discuss his experience as one of Seth Godin's first alternative MBA students, publishing a book with the domino project and why we must learn to become persuadable…that's right not persuasive, but persuadable, and how this enables us to spread ideas.The importance of continually asking whyLearning to explore our hidden assumptionsThe power of thinking backwards Why certain ideas are inherently spreadableThe meetings epidemic in organizational cultureAdvantages of becoming more persuadableDissecting and understanding our models of the worldQuotesWhen you want to change the world, the most dangerous thing can do is being unpersuadable ResourcesThe Domino Project The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: “On Robustness and Fragility” (Incerto)Read This Before Our Next MeetingAl Pittampalli is founder of The Modern Meeting Company, a group that helps organizations transform meetings, make decisions, and coordinate complex teams See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meetings are Broken Be honest, you know they are. How many meetings do you have a week?  How many in a single day? If you're like me, you spend about 30-50% of your time preparing for or attending meetings throughout the workweek. And for the good of whichever organization you're a part of, this has to stop. That's where Al Pittampalli comes in... Shaking up the Status Quo Al began his conventional career with Ernst & Young LLP as an IT adviser. There, he worked on-site with numerous Fortune 1000 companies and found a disturbing trend... These companies held a lot of purposeless meetings. But he also noticed the rare exceptions: the companies with a culture of meaningful activity and purpose; companies that held quick, powerful, and, most importantly, rare meetings. These companies performed better across the board and avoided pointless meetings at all costs. Al figured out the formula, and now he's bringing it to the rest of the world...or at least those willing to shake up the status quo and enter into the top percent of companies that focus on action rather than meetings. About Al Pittampalli Al is the founder of The Modern Meeting Company and a meeting culture warrior. He's on a mission to change the way organizations hold meetings, make decisions, and coordinate action. Al is a published author.  His book Read This Before Our Next Meeting was published by Seth Godin’s Domino Project, and during the week of its release it was the most popular Kindle book in the world. For those unfamiliar with publishing and kindle rankings, this is incredibly difficult to do, but Al most definitely deserves it because the book is incredible. Al has been featured in (yes, it's a big list...): Forbes.com American Express Open Forum The Telegraph Huffington Post Amazon.com’s Omnivoracious London’s City A.M. Revista Dinero (Colombia) Montreal Gazette CBS MoneyWatch CKNW Radio Ideamensch.com MichaelHyatt.com Duct Tape Marketing Six Pixels of Separation – The Podcast Al writes a great blog at www.modernmeetingstandard.com, and is a sought after speaker, writer and trainer. Outstanding Wisdom from the Man Himself (Quotes from the Interview): On recognizing things you can improve: There are so many things that are broken in the world, but a lot of times we don’t see them as broken because we are so used to them. On solving problems from the Outside (versus the inside): I didn’t want to be consumed by the same matrix I was trying to solve. There are some real advantages to being an outsider. (tweet this) On becoming a published author and its effect on his company: Books are a business and they’re a great marketing tool for your ideas. (tweet it) On the power of books and spreading ideas: The great thing about a book is it spreads an idea better than anything I can think of.  There is nothing more powerful. (tweet tweet) On Seth Godin’s Domino Project: The value of what Seth [Godin] did was, he had this vehicle, he had this great asset, he had this TRIBE he was able to share this book with. On the pain of writing a book: It was incredibly scary. It was a very frustrating process because you start to question whether this is something you can do or not… Here’s how he overcame this difficulty of writing: I used [Jerry McGuire] as inspiration; I started waking up at 3:00am in the morning – really early – and I would imagine myself as Jerry McGuire at the typewriter and I would just write. On the difficulty of entrepreneurship:“People say ‘fake it till you make it’ - I think there’s some truth to that.” (tweet away) The key [to entrepreneurship] is being so invested in something that it’s worth it. (share on the twitter) On writing… The most important thing you have to do is write. (tweet some more) On being prepared (to get published by already having written a book): Decide.  Make a decision as to what direction you want to go in because as soon as you do and commit to it, the entire world will organize in a way that will help you.  It doesn’t guarantee success, but it makes it a lot more reachable. The universe just doesn’t reward wish-washy-ness. (definitely tweet) Awesome Things We Discuss in this Interview Why you should never accept the status quo Why sometimes you need to move outside to have an effect on the inside (of an organization) On the tipping point of being a published author The power of the tribe The profound influence of Jerry Maguire Why you NEED a voice for your writing (and how to get one) Starting anything is scary The 2 types of entrepreneurs – and why you need to know which one you are before you start (or you will likely fail) The singular most important key to writing and becoming a published author How persistence creates luck Socialize w/ Al Pittamaplli: Twitter LinkedIn Google+ More Show Notes: Al's Blog Al's Book A Short, Powerful Key Note Address on How Meetings Ought to be Run: If You Enjoyed This Broadcast... Share it! Tweet it! Email This Link! *if the above 'Email' link doesn't pop up your email client, just copy and paste this link into a new email: http://bit.ly/Vr6g2x I hope this interview inspires you to do great things. Whatever you do, don’t stop creating... - Tom Morkes

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 178! The SPaMCAST 178 features my interview with Al Pittampalli.  We discussed his book, Read This Before Our Next Meeting, the modern meeting standard and how most meetings are in need of a makeover or avoiding. Al Pittampalli is the author of Read This Before Our Next Meeting, the most popular Kindle book in the world during the week of its release. It was recently selected by renowned business book expert, Todd Sattersten as the #4 best business book of 2011 by and by the IBM Competitive Edge Book Club as their Q1 2012 read. Al has been featured in various major media and popular publications such as Forbes, Huffington Post, CBS, and American Express Open Forum. He helps Fortune 500 companies provoke change in the status quo. You can learn more about Al at: ModernMeetingStandard.com. Want to buy Al's book? Hadcover  Kindle Contact Data:Email:  al.pittampalli@gmail.comTwitter:  @PittampaliWeb:  http://modernmeetingstandard.com/about-al/  Support the Software Process and Measurement Cast by buying any of the books discussed on the SPaMCAST's through our Amazon Associate Account. I have a page on my blog with links to all of the books that have been discussed on the podcast. The SPaMCAST gets a tiny commission on the sale that will be used to defray hosting costs and upgrading equipment.   Interested in becoming a radio star? If you are interested in reviewing tools or books?  Drop me a note at spamcastinfo@gmail.com Shameless Ad for my book!  Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team."  Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email:  spamcastinfo@gmail.comVoicemail:  +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook:  http://bit.ly/16fBWV Next: The Software Process and Measurement Cast 179 will feature my essay currently titled, IT: No Factory Here.  The essay wrestles why the metaphor of a factory is used to describe the development and maintenance of software. 

Al Pittampalli, author of Read This Before Our Next Meeting, joins The Change Agent's Dilemma today to discuss how to host effective meetings to drive change.

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Welcome to episode #267 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. Several weeks ago, I published a Blog post titled, Your Meetings Suck. The Blog post was based on a conversation I had with Al Pittampalli. Pittampalli is the author of Read This Before Our Next Meeting (published by Seth Godin's The Domino Project powered by Amazon). It's a great book that looks at one of the biggest problem facing the corporate world on a daily (and hourly) basis: death by meeting. Pittampalli is on a mission to change that. He believes that meetings can (and should) be used in much more constructive ways. I'm not sure about you, but I couldn't agree more. If you spend your days locked in meeting after meeting, this Podcast is for you. Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #267 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 40:33. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter.  Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available. Look for episode #39 of Media Hacks coming soon and it might feature:  Chris Brogan - New Marketing Labs - Co-author of Trust Agents, Man On The Go, Human Business Works, Third Tribe Marketing and Escape Velocity. C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Digital Dads - Content Rules. Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - iambik audio - PressBooks. Christopher S. Penn - Blue Sky Factory - Marketing Over Coffee. Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents. In conversation with Al Pittampalli. Check out Al's first book, Read This Before Our Next Meeting (published by Seth Godin's The Domino Project). You can also follow Al on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #267 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: advertising al pittampalli amazon bite size edits blog blogging blue sky factory book oven cast of dads cc chapman chris brogan christopher s penn david usher digital dads digital marketing facebook facebook group hugh mcguire in over your head itunes julien smith librivox managing the gray marketing marketing over coffee media hacks new marketing labs online social network podcast podcasting pressbooks read this before our next meeting seth godin six pixels of separation social media 101 social media marketing the domino project trust agents twist image

John interviews Al Pittampalli - founder of The Modern Meeting Company and author of Read This Before Our Next Meeting