Interviews with Industry Experts
My discussions with Jerry Weinberg about Software and Leadership
Creating a great Ruby career (with Pat Maddox)
Using Agile in other parts of the organization (with Belinda Waldock)
Time Management for Tech Leaders (with Elizabeth Grace Saunders)
Selling Agile Ideas to Clients (with Adam Cuppy)
How and When to use Behavior Driven Development (with Seb Rose)
Cultivating an Agile Mindset (with Gil Broza)
Software Estimation (with Johanna Rothman)
Monitoring and SLAs (with Mike Julian)
Tech Salary Negotiations (with Josh Doody)
Upgrading Your Tech Career (with Jen Bunk)
Uncovering Hidden Costs in Software (with Johanna Rothman)
Growing software with the GROWS method (with Don Gray)
The Product Development Triathlon (with Kent Beck)
Effective Tech Recruiting (with Mike Julian)
Now that we're agile, what's my role? (with Ron Lichty)
Engaging discussions about software, quality, and leadership from a Grand Master on the topic. Jerry Weinberg has written over 100 books to help you improve how you design and build software
We chat each week, and publish our discussion on a YouTube channel named, "Why do we need a name?"
Instructional Webinars
Unstuck: The Tech Leader Q&A Show
Tune in live Friday's at 10am Pacific.
Episode 1: What is a Technical Leader?
Episode 2: Finding Your Underperforming Activities
Episode 3: Are Tech Leaders BORN or MADE?
Episode 4: Pitfalls in the Programmer-Leader Transition
Episode 5: What Kills Team Happiness?
Episode 6: Finding the right team size, getting programmers to test
Episode 7: Having two bosses; learning from our successes
Episode 8: "How can I nurture ideas sharing on my team?"
Episode 9: Developers stuck in waterfall thinking; evaluating enterprise agile packages.
Episode 10: Advice for working with a team where you are not the expert
Episode 11: Working with programmers to feel one tool is "the best".
Episode 12: Asking instead of telling; motivating through challenges
Episode 13: Never enough time; Theory X & Y leadership; impact of stress on a team