Two Guidelines for Better Feedback Loops (Part Two)
Take a moment and imagine three or four days ago. Replay a mundane event, like your commute. Imagine each movement and turn you need to make to arrive where you need to go. In the last episode we talk...
11 Dec 201916min
Better Feedback Loops (Part One) - Validation and Cycle Time
We are embarking on the end of the decade. January 1st, 2020 marks a new decade and this means a lot of people are reflecting on the past decade. Specifically on their own individual improvements. In ...
9 Dec 201916min
Justifying Feature Work with User Roles and Motivations
In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're talking about wasting time on features we hope are useful, but turn out not to be. We can't control for every single variable, so how can we better predict t...
6 Dec 201910min
Hypocognition and the Importance of Concepts
Imagine for a moment that you don't have a concept for what a podcast is. In today's episode, we're talking about shared concepts and the ideas that come out of a group of people who share the same co...
4 Dec 201911min
Colliding Titles and Roles
Titles for developers are meant to quickly describe our function we play on a team and allow us to set expectations. Where this can go wrong is when we struggle to understand what a title means. In to...
2 Dec 201910min
Managing Requests, Making Commitments
Requests are tied to expectations. In today's episode, we're talking about managing overload of requests and managing expectations so we can focus on our goals and have better working relationships w...
29 Nov 201911min
The Benefit of Our Predecessors
If you were born one year earlier, something would likely have changed in your life. In today's episode, we're taking a moment to express a bit of gratitude for the environment that we grew up in, and...
27 Nov 20199min
The Illusion of Balancing Priorities
If a team agrees to a set of goals and values, then our priorities should align, yet it too often falls on individuals to negotiate their priorities with the team. In today's episode we'll ask the que...
25 Nov 201910min
