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Management Anti-Patterns - False Homogeneity

What are you focused on today? Focus is perhaps the one superpower that's common in successful people. In today's episode, we're talking about a management anti-pattern that totally destroys focus and provide a solution to get focus back.

Published: 1/22/2020
Length: ~13m
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Management Anti-Patterns - Implicit Assignment of Responsibility

If you're listening to this episode in the morning, find a few moments with a piece of paper to write down your top three responsibilities for this week. In today's episode, we're talking about assigning responsibility.

Published: 1/20/2020
Length: ~10m
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Two Biases that Can Affect Your Work and Relationships

Think about a recent simple decision you made. How rational was your decision making process? In today's episode, we're talking about two biases that can change the way you approach you work and your relationships with that work and the people who work around you.

Published: 1/17/2020
Length: ~17m
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You'll Never Have All of the Information

Information gathering and solving problems is a fun part of the developer role. In today's episode we're talking about the pros and cons of gathering too much information.

Published: 1/16/2020
Length: ~12m
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Productivity Isn't About How Much You Get done

Trying to find the most productive way to work. In today's episode we're talking about different ways to think about productivity.

Published: 1/13/2020
Length: ~7m
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3 Guidelines for Happier Work with Designers

One of the most misunderstood relationships on cross-functional teams are the role of the designer and developer. Often conflicts can go unresolved and assumptions arise of designers and developer stereotypes, and how these two departments can work better together.

Published: 1/10/2020
Length: ~23m
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Connecting Tasks to Operating Modes

What will be different at the end of today as a result of the actions you take?

Published: 1/9/2020
Length: ~11m
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Success and Cumulative Advantage

We can't promise that we can make anyone successful, but we can talk about success as a concept from the perspective of systems.

Published: 1/6/2020
Length: ~11m
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A Key Misconception About Resolutions

As you begin this new year, we shouldn't overlook the transition of this decade. In today's episode we're talking about a major misconception that can inhibit us from

Published: 1/3/2020
Length: ~11m
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Holiday Re-Air: Interview w/ Gabriel Weinberg (part 2)

Happy holidays! Today we re-air part two of our interview with Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of DuckDuckGo. Thank you for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode and we're looking forward to sharing new episodes in the new year.

Published: 12/27/2019
Length: ~34m
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Holiday Re-Air: Interview w/ Gabriel Weinberg

Today we re-air an interview from 2019 with Gabriel Weinberg, the CEO of DuckDuckGO. Happy holidays and hope you enjoy this interview!

Published: 12/23/2019
Length: ~36m
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Simplifying

In this episode, we're talking about working with distraction and how we can focus better in the new year.

Published: 12/20/2019
Length: ~19m
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What We Do With a Lack of Information

Today's episode is about perspective. When you have the perspective that most of what you experience will eventually be forgotten.

Published: 12/18/2019
Length: ~17m
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Disagreeing Better, On Purpose

Think about any relationship you've had, specifically a professional relationship. These relationships have either explicit or implicit agreements. In today's episode we're talking about explanations if breaking expectations.

Published: 12/16/2019
Length: ~16m
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Two More Guidelines for Better Feedback Loops (Part Three)

Are your processes useful? In the last couple of episodes, we've been talking about feedback loops and in today's episode we're continuing that discussion and zooming out to make sure our feedback loops are proving useful.

Published: 12/13/2019
Length: ~20m
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Two Guidelines for Better Feedback Loops (Part Two)

In the last episode we talked about feedback loops and in today's episode, we're talking about how that feedback loop can lead to automatic responses.

Published: 12/11/2019
Length: ~16m
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Better Feedback Loops (Part One) - Validation and Cycle Time

In today's episode, we're focusing on self-improvement, specifically focusing on the idea of a feedback loop and how we can use them to change and improve.

Published: 12/9/2019
Length: ~16m
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Justifying Feature Work with User Roles and Motivations

What was the last feature you built that wasn't as useful as you'd hoped? How can we avoid this scenario?

Published: 12/6/2019
Length: ~10m
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Hypocognition and the Importance of Concepts

Can you experience a feeling that you don't have a name for? In today's episode we're talking about complex feelings and building a framework for creating memories and knowledge.

Published: 12/4/2019
Length: ~12m
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Colliding Titles and Roles

How do titles and roles function on a team and how can they lead us astray? Today, we're talking about roles on development teams and what they mean.

Published: 12/2/2019
Length: ~11m
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