Podcast appearances and mentions of Brian J Robertson

Brian J. Robertson is a serial entrepreneur and the creator of Holacracy, a comprehensive practice for governing and running our organizations.Holacracy is an often misunderstood, massively influential social and management system. Yet it is more than that, Brian's goal with Holacracy is to give people a taste of self-governance, personal growth and empowerment to impact society.In this episode, we dive deep into the mind that has nurtured Holacracy and brought it to adoption within 10.000+ organizations worldwide.To start with, Holacracy is a modular, open-source, constitution-based management system with clear rules and management responsibilities. It is not no managers (although it aims to reduce the need for managers), and not no structure.Quite to the contrary, it is more structured. The analogy Brian uses is the emergent order market-based order vs. top-down planning. Markets come up with better, more adapted, and more fit-for-purpose sets of rules, institutions, and regulations.Brian solves for me a tension I thought about for a long time: why is it that firms in a competitive market-based system are run to a large degree by central planners?A key answer of mine we discussed is Ronald Coase's "Theory of the Firm" which talks about the planning horizon versus scale efficiency of greater size.Brian's answer is Holacracy. Organizations can be run more like markets and adapt more to tensions as they arise instead of relying too much on top-down decision-making.We discuss Marc Andreessen's reservations against Holacracy, as well as its place in the order of managerial vs. entrepreneurial capitalism, as well as how it steers organizations towards "Antifragility", a term coined by Nassim Taleb.Holacracy is more than a management system. It can be a guide to personal growth and consciousness.Not coincidentally, Brian is currently working as well on starting a psychedelic church by using some clever legal engineering in a Stranded Technologies-like fashion.This is a rich episode and will give you an appreciation for the concept of Holacracy and how it can supercharge your organization and your personal growth.Join us for upcoming events: https://lu.ma/infinitaInfinita Website: https://infinitavc.com/

Die kreisförmige Organisationsstruktur "Holakratie" wurde von dem US-amerikanischen Unternehmer Brian J. Robertson 2008 entwickelt. Als aktuelles Praxis-Beispiel aus dem Finanzsektor wird Hypoport SE, Technologiedienstleister und Betreiber von Kredit-, Immobilien- und Versicherungsplattformen, in dieser Podcast-Episode vorgestellt. Hypoport ist seit einigen Jahren holakratisch organisiert. Björn Schneider, Head of People & Organisation bei der Hypoport schildert im Gespräch mit Corinna Pommerening wie die holakratische Organisationsform eingeführt wurde, welche Bedeutung noch Hierarchie hat und wie Holakratie heute gelebt wird.

Holacracy? Sociocracy? What's the difference? Didn't Zappos have a hard time adopting this? In this episode we sit down with the man who wrote the book, Brian Robertson, to have an honest conversation about what holacracy is, how it works, and we dissect some of the more public struggles with adoption. Enjoy! Holacracy on Amazon Brian Robertson's Twitter Holacracy Twitter Holacracy Website   If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review, a rating, or leave comments on iTunes, Stitcher or your podcasting platform of choice. It really helps others find us.  Much thanks to the artist Krebs from Machine Man Records who provided us our outro music free-of-charge!  If you like what you heard, check out these links to find more music you might enjoy! If you’d like to join the discussion and share your stories  please join Coalition.AgileUprising.com Looking for real-time interaction and conversation with other practitioners?  Jump into the fray at our Discord Server! We at the Agile Uprising are committed to being totally free.  However if you'd like to contribute and help us defray hosting and production costs we do have a Patreon.  Who knows, you might even get some surprises in the mail!    

Aunque sabemos que lo única constante en la vida es el cambio, a veces solo aprendemos a la mala. La forma en la que estamos trabajando simplemente no está funcionando, y tenemos que buscar nuevas formas de administrar nuestra Compañía y su cultura. No existe un traje a la medida para todos, pero como líder, debes adoptar nuevas formas de trabajo para sobrevivir y prosperar. Estoy muy feliz de tener a Brian J. Robertson aquí con nosotros en La de RH, una persona que definitivamente rompió el molde y diseñó un nuevo sistema de gestión para un mundo que cambia rápidamente. Ha impartido conferencias en muchas empresas y eventos en todo el mundo, incluido TedTalk, y cuenta con un libro llamado Holacracy. En estos tiempos difíciles que estamos atravesando, debemos aprender nuevos métodos y modelos que pueden ayudarnos a administrar nuestros equipos, nuestro talento y nuestra empresa. --- Can we actually have a world free of bosses and hierarchies? Even though we know that the only constant in life is change, sometimes we just have to learn the hard way. The way we are working is just not working, and we have to look for new ways to manage our Company and its culture. It's not one size fits all, but as a leader, you must adopt new ways of working in order to survive and thrive.    I am very happy to have Brian J. Robertson here with us in La de RH, a person that has definitely brake the mold and design a new management system for a rapidly Changing World. He has given conferences in many companies and events around the world, including TedTalk, and has written a best seller called Holacracy.     In this challenging times that we are going through, we must learn new methods and models that can help us manage our teams, our talent, and our company. 

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Brian Robertson (@h1brian @HolacracyOne) on a new management system for a changing world #JobsOfFuture #Podcast In this podcast Brian Robertson discussed his book and a organizational framework: Holacracy. He shared his insights into some of the pitfalls in today's organizational hierarchies. He build up a case on why Holacracy would be a considerable supplement to current organizational structures and would provide businesses safeguards from the leaks and pitfalls of inefficiencies in traditional structures. This is a great podcast for anyone looking forward to alternatives to their organizational structures. Brian's Recommended Read: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen, James Fallows https://amzn.to/2MfKT3o Brian's Book: Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson https://amzn.to/2FvuGX0 Website: https://www.holacracy.org/ Podcast Link: iTunes: http://math.im/jofitunes Youtube: http://math.im/jofyoutube Brian's BIO: Brian Robertson is a seasoned entrepreneur and organization builder, and a recovering CEO - a job he now helps free others from with Holacracy. Generally regarded as the primary developer of the system, Brian’s work allows leaders to release the reins of personal power and persuasion into a trustworthy and explicit governance process. Brian also serves as the drafter and steward of the Holacracy Constitution, which captures the system's unique "rules of the game" in concrete form. Beyond joyfully crafting legal documents, Brian's creative expression takes many forms – he co-founded HolacracyOne to support Holacracy’s growth, and he fills and loves a broad variety of the company’s roles. He's particularly grateful to hold no fancy titles and wield no special powers, so he can show up as just another partner doing his part to support something he cares about. About #Podcast: #JobsOfFuture is created to spark the conversation around the future of work, worker and workplace. This podcast invite movers and shakers in the industry who are shaping or helping us understand the transformation in work. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest by emailing: info@analyticsweek.com Want to sponsor? Email us @ info@analyticsweek.com Keywords: #JobsOfFuture, #FutureOfWork, #FutureOfWorker, #FutureOfWorkplace, #Work, #Worker, #Workplace,

Introduction Jeremy’s back! And he brought alcohol! This episode is brought to you by chocolate bourbon. If you’ve ever wanted to drink a brownie, just mix some chocolate bourbon with your cola of choice. It’s probably not a good idea to give these guys liquor that tastes like candy before they record an episode. If you pay attention, you can catch the moment it hits Jeremy. Think of it like a buzzed Where’s Waldo. I don’t know if you’re aware or not, but Jamesplaining is when James breaks something down so that you can understand it. Does that make sense? Sorry. I just Jamesplained Jamesplaining. The Show In this thrilling adventure, the hosts set out to discuss different ways of organizing businesses. Jeremy sets the stage for the hosts to talk about their experiences with different management structures and which structures they currently employ, but it quickly apparent, however, that the real discussion is about Holacracy. Do you want to know about a hot business organizational methodology from 2014? If so, you’re in the right place! To kick things off, James does his best to butcher the opening story from the book about Holacracy in which the author describes a harrowing plane flight. James’ rendition his harrowing as well, but for different reasons. With the formalities out of the way, everyone jumps into discussing what Holacracy is. God bless them, the hosts do their best to describe Holacracy, so here’s the definition I copied from Wikipedia: Holacracy is a method of decentralized management and organizational governance developed by HolacracyOne, in which authority and decision-making are distributed throughout a holarchy of self-organizing teams rather than being vested in a management hierarchy. Jeremy and Rob use boring ole’ traditional management structures, so they spend much of this episode asking about Holacracy. James and Kevin implemented Holacracy nearly eight months ago, and they share some of their experiences. These include both the good and bad of Holacracy, although they feel like overall it’s been a good experience. They throw around buzzwords like tensions, governance, tactical and such. If you don’t know what those are, don’t worry, James will Jamesplain it. Kevin relates that some of the biggest challenges that they’ve faced in the implementation process have been cultural, getting employees into a place where they feel comfortable addressing their tensions. Holacracy, James Jamesplains, is not designed to handle HR issues out of the box. This can be another challenge of using Holacracy; it describes how you improve how you get your work done, but the system assumes you have people in the seats that want to do the work. At Saturday Drive, James and Kevin created an HR app for Holacracy to enable employee growth and to address performance issues. At this point, I’m not sure the word app means anything. At the risk of sounding like Andy Rooney, you can’t call everything an app! I thought it was a computer thing. Now you can get apps for your refrigerator! Our Recommendations In what could be seen as a selfless plug to get himself some more credit card points, Jeremy recommends that you sign up for an American Express. He suggests that you only spend as much as you can pay off every month. I mean, it’s really not very veiled; Jeremy is trying to get you to sign up for a card so that he can get some bonus points (Aff). Rob recommends an app called Over that lets you put text on images and stuff. Rob likes the fact that he can quickly make “sharables”, which is totally a real word, on the fly, especially using client’s photos. It sounds like a fancy meme generator, and personally, I prefer memegenerator.net. If you want more information about Holacracy, James recommends the book Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson. I mean, you probably would have gotten there on your own; Google is a thing. James also confirms that listening to audiobooks is a valid method of consuming books. Kevin’s recommendation is a book called User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product by Jeff Patton and Peter Economy. I mean, one of the author’s name is Economy. You can’t go wrong with a book about a business topic written by a guy with Economy in his dang name!

Bewusstsein für Organisation - mit Holacracy Wie organisiere ich mich? Wie kann ich als Organisation wachsen, ohne das Momentum und die Produktivität zu verlieren? Wie fördere ich eigen-verantwortliches Handeln und optimale Entscheidungs-Findungs-Prozesse? Mit diesen und einer Menge anderer Fragen beschäftigt sich Franz D’Huc, Managing Partner bei Capture Media und seit langer Zeit Unternehmer-Coach im Medien-Bereich. Seine Erfahrungen in Start-ups und etablierteren Unternehmen haben ihn zu der Überzeugung gebracht, dass klassisch-hierarchisch organisierte Unternehmen nicht mehr in die heutige Zeit passen und ihn dazu veranlasst, sich mit alternativen Organisations-Konzepten wie Holacracy auseinanderzusetzen. Holacracy wird von kleinen und grossen Unternehmen weltweit erprobt und eingesetzt, u.a. bei Zappos oder hier in der Schweiz bei der Swisscom. Wer mehr über Holacracy erfahren will, dem seien folgende Links empfohlen: * Das Buch von Brian J. Robertson: https://www.exlibris.ch/de/buecher-buch/english-books/brian-j-robertson/holacracy/id/9780241205860 * Die offizielle Website zum System: http://holacracy.org/ * Unterstützende Web-Plattform: https://glassfrog.com/ * Noch eine Web-Platform: https://www.holaspirit.com/ TripleM wird präsentiert von Jung von Matt/impact: https://jvmimpact.ch/ Kontakt zu Franz D'Huc: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franz-d-huc-b64140a/ Host: Jochen Witte, https://alpha-lab.net Podcast Information iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ch/podcast/triplem/id1336558073 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/triplemch Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…619/sounds.rss Twitter: https://twitter.com/triplemch Web: http://gotriplem.ch

With founder and and author of Holacracy Brian J. Robertson. Corporate structures are broken and rely on managerial hierarchies and organizational structures developed for the 19th and 20th century. Holacracy is a revolutionary self-management practice used by companies, like Zappos, Precision Nutrition and the David Allen Company and designed for the way business is done today. Brian is an experienced entrepreneur, organizational pioneer, and author of the book Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World. He is most well-known for his work developing Holacracy, a self-management practice for running purpose-driven, responsive companies. Brian currently works as a business partner at HolacracyOne, the organization he launched to steward the Holacracy practice and assist other organizations seeking to adopt it. Holacracy has been adopted by over 1,000 companies around the world to date. We talk about his background, why he pioneered Holacracy, who thrives in this system and how you can get started. Links: https://www.holacracy.org/ Talks, Blogs, Events: https://www.holacracy.org/resources/#top Book: http://a.co/8YusiTc

SPaMCAST 449 features 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. Jasveer Singh holds a Master of Technology degree in Computer Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and has studied Executive Master in Management at École de Commerce Solvay, Brussels, Belgium. He has about 30 years of valuable senior-level international experience in the ICT area and has worked in the top IT/Telecom equipment manufacturer, operator, consultancy, and service companies in different countries (Bharat Electronics Limited, Alcatel, Siemens Business Services, WorldCom, Logica, and Sigos in India, France, Australia, Belgium, and Germany). A significant part of this experience has been in the management of software development (analysis, design, coding, testing), system design, quality assurance/control, and project management while working with different programming languages, object-oriented technology, database management systems, etc. His in-depth experience in these software domains led him to realize the improvements needed in the currently available methodologies for software size measurement and to develop the Functional Software Size Measurement Methodology with Effort Estimation and Performance Indication (FSSM) which is a thorough methodology and great help for software projects. Currently, he is based in Belgium and is the director of EUSFP. E-mail: js@fssm.software LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasveer-singh-11230a12/ FSSM book: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119238056.html FSSM online book: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119238126 FSSM website: www.fssm.software Re-Read Saturday News This week we wrap up 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. The concepts in Holacracy are an important addition to the discussion of management, governance, and leadership in the 21st Century.  Read or re-read this week's installment for more thoughts and comments!      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 Week 12: The Wrap Up   Next, 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.   Reviews and A Call To Action A recent review on ITunes from Yetanotherjr was titled, Always something to learn. Yetanotherjr wrote, “What I love about this podcast is that I learn something from every guest. I might not agree with everything that a guest says, but I learned something. A terrific source of thinking and learning.“   Thank you!  I am humbled and look forward to bringing new ideas and voices to the software community for a long time to come!   You can help the podcast. 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 450 will feature an essay on Product Roadmaps.  Roadmaps link an organization’s strategy to action. Product roadmaps are directional, answer the question of where we are going and why. As with any powerful tool, roadmaps giveth when used wisely and taketh away when used less wisely. We will also have columns from Gene Hughson and Jon M Quigley!     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 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.  

SPaMCAST 446 will feature our essay on questions.  Questions are a coach and facilitator’s secret power! But, with great power comes great responsibility.   Our second column is from Gene Hughson.  Gene and I discussed his essay Go-to People Considered Harmful originally published on his blog Form Follows Function (www.genehughson.wordpress.com).  The concept may sound counterintuitive, but it is not. The third column is from Kim Pries, the Software Sensei.  In this installment, Kim dives into the topic of servant leadership. Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 8 of Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson published by Henry Holt and Company in 2015.  Chapter 8 is a bit of a bits and bobs chapter but begins to draw in a lot of loose threads.   This week we also announce the next book in the re-read series.  The envelope please. . . . The next book is 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.  Steve has been an active participant in many of our previous re-reads and has appeared twice on the Software Process and Measurement Cast to discuss earlier re-reads.  I will provide supplemental comments and highlights.  I am looking forward to sitting on the other side of the table during the next re-read! 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 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 447 will feature our interview with Angela Wick on the role of the product owner and business analyst in Agile efforts.The two roles are important and interrelated. This is not first-time the SPaMCAST has featured essays and conversations on the role of product owners ( for example SPaMCAST 430 and SPaMCAST 325).  Angela provides a fresh take on the role! 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 445 features the return of a favorite, Capers Jones.  It is always fun to talk with someone with their own page in Wikepedia.  Capers and I talked about his new book, A Guide to Selecting Software Measures and Metrics. Capers is passionate about software quality and measurement. Capers said, “High-quality software is not expensive. High-quality software is faster and cheaper to build and maintain than low-quality software, from initial development all the way through total cost of ownership.”  Jones, Caper, Bonsignour, Olivier, and Jitendra Subramanyam, Jitendra, The Economics of Software Quality.  As usual, Capers was engaging, educational and controversial.  Spending time with Capers is always a learning experience! Capers biography is long and storied.  Let it be said that Capers is a serial author, public speaker, pundit, guru and deep thinker.  Check out his Wikipedia page or Linkedin. Capers can be contacted at capers.jones3@gmail.com. Capers first appeared on SPaMCAST 3 and  last appeared on SPaMCAST 53 Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 7 of Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson published by Henry Holt and Company in 2015.  Chapter 7 shows how to generate alignment between roles, circles, and the overall organization.  Lots of inspect and adapt talk this week. Catch up on the first four entries in the re-read 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 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 446 will feature our essay on questions.  Questions are a coach and facilitator’s secret power!   Do you have a favorite go to question you like to ask?  Care to share? We will also have columns from Gene Hughson and Jon M Quigley (and maybe more)!   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.

This week’s Software Process and Measurement Cast features our essay revisiting the product owner role. The product owner role is hard, often messed up and a great opportunity for improvement. The second column features the return of 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 17 which is titled Challenges of Work-State Work in Process Limits. WIP limits have their plusses and minuses when discussing hyper-productivity.   Our third column this week is from Jeremy Berriault. Jeremy discusses how to show the value of QA and why knowing and showing value is important!   Jeremy  blogs at https://jberria.wordpress.com/     Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 6 of Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson published by Henry Holt and Company in 2015.   Chapter 6, Facilitating Governance, puts the ideas and processes defined in governance to work. Catch up on the first four entries in the re-read 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 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.  Reviews help guide people to the cast! Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 445 features the return of a favorite, Capers Jones.  Capers and I talked about his new book, A Guide to Selecting Software Measures and Metrics. As usual, Capers was engaging, educational and controversial.  Spending time with Capers is always worthwhile! 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.

The next Software Process and Measurement Cast features our interview with Brad Clark.  Brad and I talked about cost estimation, estimation in government and COCOMO II and what is on the way in COCOMO III. Even if you are firmly in the #NoEstimates camp this interview will give you ideas to think about! Brad’s Bio Dr. Brad Clark is Vice-President of Software Metrics Inc. – a Virginia-based consulting company. His area of expertise is in software cost and schedule data collection, analysis and modeling. He also works with clients to set up their own estimation capability for use in planning and managing. He has also helped clients with software cost and schedule feasibility analysis and cost estimation training. Dr. Clark received his Master’s in Software Engineering in 1995 and Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1997 from the University of Southern California. He is a co-author of the most widely used Software Cost Estimation model in the world, COCOMO II. This model estimates the effort and duration required to complete a software development project. Email: brad@software-metrics.com Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 5 of Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson published by Henry Holt and Company in 2015.  Chapter 5, Operations, puts the roles and policies defined in governance to work.  Next week we will have some VERY exciting news about the next book in the Re-read Saturday feature! Catch up on the first four entries in the re-read Week 1:  Logistics and Introduction Week 2: Evolving Organization Week 3: Distribution Authority Week 4: Organizational Structure Week 5: Governance Week 6: Operations (Current Week) 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.  Reviews help guide people to the cast! Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will our essay re-visiting the product owner role.  The product owner role is hard, often messed up and a great opportunity for improvement. We will also have columns from Steve Tendon and Jeremy Berriault. This will be an important cast to start the summer season in the northern hemisphere! 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.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 438 features our essay on leveraging sizing in testing. Size can be a useful tool for budgeting and planning both at the portfolio level and the team level. Gene Hughson brings his Form Follows Function Blog to the cast this week to discuss his recent blog entry titled, Organizations as Systems and Innovation. One of the highlights of the conversation is whether emergence is a primary factor driving change in a complex system. Our third column is from the Software Sensei, Kim Pries.  Kim discusses why blindly accepting canned solutions does not negate the need for active troubleshooting of for problems in software development. Re-Read Saturday News This week, we tackle chapter 1 of Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson published by Henry Holt and Company in 2015. Chapter 1 is titled, Evolving Organization.  Holacracy is an approach to address shortcomings that have appeared as organizations evolve. Holacracy is not a silver bullet, but rather provides a stable platform for identifying and addressing problems efficiently. Visit the Software Process and Measurement Cast blog to participate in this and previous re-reads. Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our interview with Alex Yakyma.  Our discussion focused on the industry's broken mindset that prevents it from being Lean and Agile.  A powerful and possibly controversial interview. 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.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 437 features a discussion of our recent re-read of  The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni (Jossey-Bass, Copyright 2002, 33rd printing) with Steven Adams.  Steve has participated on nearly all of the re-reads, providing his unique wisdom.  It was a great talk that helped me understand why the book has (and continues to have) such a large impact on how I view Agile and software development. Steve also has some advice on how to get the most out of the re-read feature. Steve lives in the San Francisco Bay Area (a.k.a, Silicon Valley) where he has a successful career in software development.  Steve has worked for Hewlett Packard, Access Systems Inc, Trilliant Inc., and Sony Mobile Communications; plus has consulted at Cisco Systems.  Steve has a computer science degree from California State University at Chico, learned software project management at Hewlett-Packard and, in 2009, started his Agile journey with Sony Ericsson.  Steve enjoys listening to technical podcasts, and SPaMCAST was one of the first and is a favorite!  Steve is also an avid bicyclist (road) and is on track to log over 3,500 miles in 2016. Blog: https://sadams510.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @stevena510 Re-Read Saturday News This week we begin our read of Holacracy with a few logistics and a review of the introduction.  We have a short entry this week that will give you time to buy a copy today and read along!  If you have not listened to my interview with Jeff Dalton on Software Process and Measurement Cast 433, I would suggest a quick listen. Jeff has practical experience with using the concepts of holacracy in his company and as a tool in his consultancy.   Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian J. Robertson was published by Henry Holt and Company in 2015.  The book is comprised of a forward, 10 chapters in three parts, notes, acknowledgments, and an index.  My plan is to read and review one chapter per week.  We will move on to a new book in approximately 12 weeks. Visit the Software Process and Measurement Cast blog to participate in this and previous re-reads. Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our essay on leveraging sizing in testing. Size can be a useful tool for budgeting and planning both at the portfolio level and the team level. We will also have a new column from Gene Hughson who brings his Form Follows Function blog to the Cast and a new column from Kim Pries, the Software Sensei. 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.  

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 436 features our essay titled, Change Fatigue, Tunnel Vision, and Watts Humphrey, in which we answer the question of whether the state and culture of the organization or team, can have a large impact on whether a Big Bang approach or an incremental approach makes sense to change. Our second column is from Jeremy Berriault. Jeremy discusses user acceptance testing and Agile. There are lots of different ways to accomplish user acceptance testing in an Agile environment.  The only wrong way is not to do UAT in Agile.  Jeremy  blogs at https://jberria.wordpress.com/   Jon M Quigley brings his column, The Alpha and Omega of Product Development, to the Cast. This week Jon puts all the pieces together and discusses systems thinking.  One of the places you can find Jon is at Value Transformation LLC. Re-Read Saturday News This week we wrap-up our re-read of Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (buy your copy and read along).  In the wrap-up, we discuss overall impressions of the book and suggest a set of exercises to reinforce your growth mindset. The next book in the series will be Holacracy (Buy a copy today) by Brian J. Robertson. After my recent interview with Jeff Dalton on Software Process and Measurement Cast 433, I realized that I had only read extracts from Holacracy, therefore we will read the whole book together. Every week we discuss a chapter then consider the implications of what we have “read” from the point of view of both someone pursuing an organizational transformation and using the material when coaching teams.   Visit the Software Process and Measurement Cast blog to participate in this and previous re-reads. Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our discussion with Steven Adams on our recent re-read of  The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni (Jossey-Bass, Copyright 2002, 33rd printing).  Steven provides insight and some ideas on how to get the most from the re-read feature! 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.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 435 features our interview with Allan Kelly.  Our discussion touched on the concepts behind #NoProjects.  Allan describes how the concept of a project leads to a number of unintended consequences.  Those consequences aren’t pretty. Allan makes digital development teams more effective and improves delivery with continuous agile approaches to reduce delay and risk while increasing value delivered. He helps teams and smaller companies - including start-ups and scale-ups - with advice, coaching and training. Managers, product and technical staff are all involved in his improvements. He is the originator of Retrospective Dialogue Sheets and Value Poker, the author of four books, including "Xanpan - team-centric Agile Software Development" and "Business Patterns for Software Developers". On Twitter he is @allankellynet. Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 8 of Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (buy your copy and read along).  Chapter 8, titled “Changing Mindsets.” The whole concept of mindsets would be an interesting footnote if we did not believe they could change. Chapter 8 drives home the point that has been made multiple times in the book, that mindsets are malleable with self-awareness and a lot of effort. The question of whether all people want to be that self-aware will be addressed next week as we wrap up our re-read. We are quickly closing in on the end of our re-read of Mindset.  I anticipate one more week.   The next book in the series will be Holacracy (Buy a copy today). After my recent interview with Jeff Dalton on Software Process and Measurement Cast 433, I realized that I had only read extracts from Holacracy by Brian J. Robertson, therefore we will read (first time for me) the whole book together. Every week we discuss a chapter then consider the implications of what we have “read” from the point of view of both someone pursuing an organizational transformation and using the material when coaching teams.   Remember to buy a copy of Carol Dweck’s Mindset and start the re-read from the beginning! Visit the Software Process and Measurement Cast blog to participate in this and previous re-reads. Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our essay on incremental change approaches.  We will also have columns from Jeremy Berriault. Jeremy blogs at https://jberria.wordpress.com/  and Jon M Quigley who brings his column, the Alpha and Omega of Product Development, to the Cast. One of the places you can find Jon is at Value Transformation LLC.  

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 434 features our essay on Change Implementations - To Big Bang or Not To Big Bang? The knee jerk reaction amongst transformation leaders is usually a loud NO! However, the answer is not nearly that cut and dry.  Big Bang approaches to change have a place in bag of tricks every transformation leader has at their fingertips. The second column this week is from Steve Tendon. Steve Tendon brings another chapter in his Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban, published by J Ross (buy a copy here) to the cast.  In this installment, we talk about Chapter 16, The (Super)-Human Side of Flow. In Chapter 16 Steve and Wolfram go into detail on in Kotter’s attributes of flow state.  A good discussion and a good read. Our third column is from the Software Sensei, Kim Pries.  Kim discusses Fermi Problems. Fermi problems or questions are a tool to teach approximation and estimation.  These problems usually can be solved logically as a back-of-the-envelope calculation. The last time we talked about Fermi Problems was when we were re-reading How To Measure Anything (Hubbard). Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 7 of Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (buy your copy and read along).  Chapter 7, titled “Parents, Teachers, Coaches: Where Do Mindsets Come From? explores the impact of some of the most intimate and earliest relationships on our mindsets. Understanding how parents, teachers, and coaches affect mindsets helps us learn to lead change. We are quickly closing in on the end of our re-read of Mindset.  I anticipate two more weeks (Chapter 8 and a round up).  The next book in the series will be Holacracy (Buy a copy today). After my recent interview with Jeff Dalton on Software Process and Measurement Cast 433, I realized that I had only read extracts from Holacracy by Brian J. Robertson, therefore we will read (first time for me) the whole book together. Every week we discuss a chapter then consider the implications of what we have “read” from the point of view of both someone pursuing an organizational transformation and using the material when coaching teams.   Remember to buy a copy of Carol Dweck’s Mindset and read along! Visit the Software Process and Measurement Cast blog to participate in this and previous re-reads. Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our interview with Allan Kelly.  Our discussion touched on the concepts behind #NoProject.  Allan describes how the concept of projects leads to a number of unintended consequences.  Those consequences aren’t pretty. 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.  

As you will hear, this episode is completely in english. From now on, I plan on delivering at least two episodes a month, one in english and one in spanish. I wasn’t sure about doing this but in the end, who really cares? I’m sure lots of you can benefit from both types of content. You could also decide to listen to only one language, bottomline is, I'm interviewing people whom I think are worth interviewing and I think language shouldn’t be a barrier.  I’m happy to have Bob Gower in the show this week. A little more than a year ago, I took a masterclass he was teaching along with Mark Raheja from August about Organizational Design and thats where we met. At that time, they were both working with Undercurrent an Org Design firm. I was mindblown the whole class with the work he was doing and with his view on organizations and the future of work. Ever since that day i have been actively applying many of his teachings in my own ventures andi’ve changed my way of approaching work for good.  My purpose with this episode is that you understand the basic principles on how companies work and evolve so you could have a new understanding on organizations and also, to understand how you and your organization/team can work better, faster and in a more innovative matter.  In this episode we talk about what’s changing in the workplace, and what are the most basic drivers for employee motivation. We talk about new ways of organising around work and which companies are doing it correctly. We also discuss some of Bob’s personal challenges and future projects. I really hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did.      Show Notes:    Books Agile Business - Bob Gower Sense and Respond: How Successful Organizations Listen to Customers and Create New Products Continuously - Jeff Gothelf Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Dan Pink How Google Works - Eric Schmidt Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World - Brian J. Robertson Mindset: The New Psychology of Success - Carol S. Dweck Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance - Angela Duckworth Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari The Social Conquest of Earth - Edward O. Wilson How to Live a Good Life - Jonathan Fields Web Responsive Org Responsive Conference Bob Gowers Articles at Inc Companies: The Ready Holacracy One Podcasts   Unmistakable Creative Podcast Interview This American Life - Toyota Episode

Today my guest for the Future of Work Podcast is Alexis Gonzales-Black.  Alexis is the former organizational design lead for Zappos, and is currently the co-founder of Thoughtful Org Partners.  Previously, I spoke with Brian J. Robertson, the creator of the concept of Holacracy.  This concept received fame because of Zappos initiatives around Holacracy.  Alexis is one of the people who helped lead the entire Holacracy transition there.   Alexis was a part if the pilot group at Zappos for Holacracy.  She worked on the implementation team for over 2 years.  Currently, Alexis works with Thoughtful Org, which she co-founded, to help companies explore what the future structure of their organizations look like.  In Holacracy, as an operating system, individuals are not confined to one group or team.  Reaching across the organization for opportunities is available and encouraged. Self-organization can be used as a diversity and inclusiveness tool as well.  Alexis provides great insights to alternative organizational structures. This podcast is a must listen to anyone who wants to learn about alternative organizational structures and how they could work for your company. What you will learn in this episode What is Holacracy? How Self Organizations Work In the Decision-making Process What Zappos has done with Holacracy and Where They Are Going The Difference between Empowerment and Distributed Authority Holacracy and the New Internal Job Board New Organizational Structures Alternatives to Hierarchy Link from the episode Thoughtful Org Partners (Music by Ronald Jenkees)  

I’m really excited about this episode of the Future of Work podcast. My guest is Brian J. Robertson who actually created Holacracy, a new management and organizational structure; and is the author of Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World. Holacracy has been in the news quite a bit as it pertains to Zappos’ radical shift to this new organizational structure. There has been quite a bit of confusion and discussion around Holacracy, so I thought this would be an ideal time to speak to its creator to find out what is Holacracy, how it works and why it should be considered. Brian dispels a lot of the myths and, overall, it is a very thought-provoking discussion. Brian is very passionate about the work he is doing and sheds light on exactly what Holacracy is. So tune in and enjoy this very fascinating discussion on Holacracy!   (Music by Ronald Jenkees)