The most entertaining idiots to hear talking are the ones who think that they are smart. Listen to two worldly art school graduates as they expatiate on the ridiculousness in the worlds of: comics, movies, books, TV, video games, art, music, pop culture, and everything else in their quest for the answers to questions no on ever asked.
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We don’t have all the answers. Our thoughts can change in one day. These are our current, day-by-day thought processes – follow our progress real-time while we follow yours!
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Hey there! 😃 Thanks for checking out the Open Practice Podcast - an extension of openpracticelibrary.com! Each week co-hosts Matt and Jerry will sit down with guests and deep dive into a specific practice or activity on openpracticelibrary.com. You'll learn the history of these practices as well as some stories from the trenches and facilitator tips so you can run them with your own product team to bring clarity to what you're delivering. Pardon the jokes along the way...it's just our style ...
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If you are anything like me, you can likely point to 3-5 decisions in your life that you are putting off for many reasons – one may include, what you think others will think about you and your decision. This is a guide on how to beat that desire and make life happen – instead of letting life happen to you. *** Welcome to Where We've Gotten So Far –…
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Be warned: You will get 2x more done using this technique. *** Welcome to Where We've Gotten So Far – follow our progress real-time while we follow yours! All our thoughts and actions are real time and happening at a moments notice. My name is Matt – I used to be fat, depressed, and addicted to porn. Now, I am 23, an associate at a premier venture …
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Welcome to the show! We hope to add atleast an ounce of positivity, encouragement, and other-centric advice to your life. *** Welcome to Where We've Gotten So Far – follow our progress real-time while we follow yours! All our thoughts and actions are real time and happening at a moments notice. My name is Matt – I used to be fat, depressed, and add…
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Have you ever gone hiking and come to find out what you thought was the top of the mountain, was just the start of another? That’s the topic of today’s episode - which mountain are you climbing? Mountain 1: Position, wealth, prestige, self-interest Mountain 2: Other-interest / other-centric, living your greater purpose, and matching the reflection …
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Having a hard time articulating your idea? Or are you hearing and idea for something that isn't quite detailed enough? We got a fun practice for you that will get your creative juices flowing like the magnificent salmon of Capistrano 😃 On this episode of OPP, we chat with Tim Beattie, Co-founder of Stellafai and visual practice warlock. Tim tells u…
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Metrics Based Process Mapping w/ Philip Double
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Finding where to apply your creative thinking to either improve a process or digitize it into software can be challenging. There's often much confusion as to what the process even looks like in its entirety - confusion amongst even those who use the process daily! Yep - that happens a LOT, folks 😅 But what if you could map out a process visualize a…
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Alternative Worlds w/ Ben Tinker - and what the heck is a Graphic Facilitator??
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Ever feel like your team is stuck in its thinking? Having trouble doing big-idea ideation, and settling for small ideas that only result in incremental improvements? Wanna try to find that earth-shattering, futuristic idea that can capture the attention of your entire market? Well boy, do we have a solution for you 😃 Joining us on this episode is B…
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Icebreakers. Woof. We've seen them go well, and we've seen them...well....on the caliber of the Star Wars prequels. So what makes the good ones good and the bad ones bad? And what's the REAL point of icebreakers in the first place?? Do they even HAVE a point? SO MANY QUESTIONS! Joining us on this episode is Jen Brown, founder, facilitator, curricul…
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Definition of Ready and Done w/ Brian Tomlinson
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What do you mean I need to write down what it means for work to be ready and done? That's pretty obvious, isn't it Klint?? Jeez, Klint... Well guess what? Klint is right. How your team defines work that is ready to be picked up and when exactly it is fully completed may differ from the team next to you...and it should! On this episode, Brian Tomlin…
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We've all been there....stuck in a meeting where the agenda is boring and isn't discussing what we should REALLY be talking about... Well, good news! We got the fix with Lean Coffee! 😃 Joining us again with her energy, smarts, and passion for people is Prakriti Koller, North American Agile Lead at Red Hat. Prakriti walks us through how to facilitat…
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Affinity Mapping & Dot Voting w/ Jordi Calderon
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Want a dead-easy way to organize information and collaboratively prioritize it? Yes. Of course you do. I do, for crying out loud... On this episode, Jordi Calderon, UX Consultant at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, shows us a 1-2 punch for grouping information together and aligning on the most important insights/ideas for your team to explore first. F…
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Do all members of your team share equal time in the spotlight? Or do your developers seems to be marginalized when credit is given to the team? On this episode, Serge Dibao, Engagement Lead at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, hits us with a thought-provoking episode centered on Developer Empathy. You learn what Dev Empathy is, why it's important, and …
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Well hey there! It's been a while! Did you forget what we looked like? We sure did....yeesh. But hey, we're back and we're ready to get back into the rhythm of exploring team practices together 😃 This time around we're gonna shake things up a bit....take a listen as we talk about how the show is going to evolve now that 2021 is upon us. And as alwa…
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Why do so many teams wait to push an update until there's a huge amount of changes being made? That's just silly......silly, we say. Here's a pro tip - Small, regular code commits reduce the number of integration problems. That's what CI/CD is all about! On this episode, Tyler Auerbeck, Site Reliability Engineer at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, dro…
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Wanna learn a dead-simple way to align your team on what your CI/CD pipeline will look like? AND create a visual to explain how everything works together to stakeholders? Well Haitham Shahein, Consulting Engineer at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs has got the answer for ya - The Big Picture 📸 The Big Picture is a practice that visualizes all the steps…
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Constant improvement is something every team [should] strive for. Should. Seriously, they should....but how can you actually be intentional about it? Retrospectives - that's how! On this episode we are joined by Mary Provinciatto, Engagement Lead at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, to discuss the power of retrospectives and the many forms in which the…
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No, not that robot from a galaxy far, far away....this is T2R2! It's an online meeting method that encourages people to participate and respond in real time. It also helps make sure everyone who has something to contribute gets heard, with clear action items at the end. On this episode we are joined by Donna Benjamin, Asia-Pacific Engagement Lead a…
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MAN is team forming tough! Especially when remote! On this episode, we sit down with TerminusDB Director of Services Dmytri Kleiner who shares his thoughts on how to form high-performing teams quickly - both in person, and remotely. For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com …
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Lightning Decision Jam w/ Jonathan Courtney
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Hey hey hey 👋 Join us with our special guest Jonathan Courtney, CEO of AJ&Smart AND creator of the amazing Lightning Decision Jam - a workshop commonly referred to as "The Pierce Brosnan of Team Activities." The LDJ is an insanely flexible combination of exercises, taking the best of the world’s problem-solving processes and cramming them into a wo…
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Join us for a special Fireside Chat (I think?) episode where we sit down with a bunch of expert colleagues and chat about how they use the Open Practice Library to do awesome stuff. How to guide teams and organizations to enhance the delivery of business value. How they leveraged open practices to build communities that drive organizational innovat…
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Wanna know how to set a a solid team culture from day 1? On this episode, we sit down with Red Hat Open Innovation Labs Engagement Lead Omar McNeil to dive into Social Contracts as way to codify the behaviors and expectations of your team right off the bat! For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself!…
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On this episode, we sit down with Red Hat Open Innovation Labs Senior Architect Patrick Carney to dive into Event Storming as way to align teams on a common understanding of the system they're building. Check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com ===== Event Storming: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/event-stor…
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We kick this podcast adventure off with Matt Takane, Red Hat Open Innovation Labs Agile Coach, giving us some background on what openpracticelibrary.com is and how it got started. This sets the stage for future episodes where we interview guests who've contributed to the Open Practice Library to discuss their favorite practices from the site. Check…
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The guys delve into their most horrifying brushes with the paranormal, also their most cherished Halloween memories.
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Episode 4 - Road Trip! & More Rhea Perlman Island
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The guys take to the road and you get to come along! In their travels they discuss plans for a new talent/reality show and review the match-ups for the upcoming celebrity bloodfeast on Rhea Perlman's Island.
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Gary Busey fights his way through ninjas, robots, clowns and spice girls in this very special episode
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Where will YOU go when the zombies take over the globe? Will Matt step up and lead the survivors? Will Ben survive killing his infected friends and family only to realize his shows are no longer on TV, so what's the point of surviving? Deliver us Arnold, from the Zombie Apocalypse!!!!
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Ben & Matt stop watching Movies for long enough to discuss their cinematic favorites and most hated films. They have many of each!
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