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This week's Deming Podcast features Keith Sparkjoy, Cofounder and Culture Coach of Pluralsight, a leader in professional training for developers through an online learning experience. Keith discusses his "awakening" on their journey to keep Pluralsight's healthy culture as they rapidly expanded. The Deming philosophies provided hope and as he came to understand variation and a new way to look at leadership, the transition moved very quickly. From creating a system that focused on customer - eliminating incentive pay for managers, commissions for salespeople, and paid time off policies - to establishing only two rules to guide the company. Listen as Keith explains their journey to "seek the truth", how they have been able to burst the bubble of management, build trust, drive out fear and get people to work together as Pluralsight "grows up."

This week's Deming Podcast features Keith Sparkjoy, Cofounder and Culture Coach of Pluralsight, a leader in professional training for developers through an online learning experience. Keith discusses his "awakening" on their journey to keep Pluralsight's healthy culture as they rapidly expanded. The Deming philosophies provided hope and as he came to understand variation and a new way to look at leadership, the transition moved very quickly. From creating a system that focused on customer - eliminating incentive pay for managers, commissions for salespeople, and paid time off policies - to establishing only two rules to guide the company. Listen as Keith explains their journey to "seek the truth", how they have been able to burst the bubble of management, build trust, drive out fear and get people to work together as Pluralsight "grows up."

Keith Sparkjoy, Co-founder of Pluralsight discusses their Journey To “Seek The Truth”

In this episode, we talk to Keith Sparkjoy of Pluralsight. Our Guest, Keith Sparkjoy On the web On Twitter Music Keith chose "Miracle" by Foo Fighters to start the show and "Violent Love" by Oingo Boingo to end the show. Topics Pluralsight Aaron Skonnard C# Constructors Cachefly Cloudfront TrainSignal PeepCode Pluralsight Culture Patrick Lencioni, The Table Group Edwards Deming Drive by Daniel Pink The Lean Startup, Eric Ries Out of the Crisis by Edwards Deming The Deming Library Eliminating fear in the workplace Creativity and fear Simon Sinek, Leaders Eat Last Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull, Pixar Co-founder Command and Control leadership Culture Coaches Max Brown Culture/Leadership coaching Peter Drucker SUBSCRIBING TO THE COGNICAST The show is available on iTunes! You can also subscribe to the podcast using our podcast feed. You can send feedback about the show to podcast@cognitect.com, or leave a comment here on the blog. Thanks for listening! Credits Episode Cover Art: Michael Parenteau Audio Production Russ Olsen Producer Kim Foster In this episode we talk to Keith Sparkjoy of Pluralsight.

In this episode, we talk to Keith Sparkjoy of Pluralsight. <h1>Our Guest, Keith Sparkjoy</h1> <a href="http://about.me/keith.brown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On the web</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/keithsparkjoy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On Twitter</a> <h1>Music</h1> Keith chose <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uydpjYShNfQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Miracle"</a> by Foo Fighters to start the show and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb6YMCQ7V2o" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Violent Love"</a> by Oingo Boingo to end the show. <h1>Topics</h1> <a href="http://www.pluralsight.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pluralsight</a> <a href="http://www.pluralsight.com/author/aaron-skonnard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aaron Skonnard</a> <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms173115%28v=vs.80%29.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">C# Constructors</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CacheFly" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cachefly</a> <a href="http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cloudfront</a> <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/software/pluralsight-buys-trainsignal-broadens-it-training-lineup/d/d-id/1111047?" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TrainSignal</a> <a href="http://blog.pluralsight.com/pluralsight-expands-into-open-source-with-acquisition-of-peepcode" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PeepCode</a> <a href="http://blog.pluralsight.com/culture-trumps-everything" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pluralsight Culture</a> <a href="http://www.tablegroup.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patrick Lencioni, The Table Group</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Edwards Deming</a> Drive by <a href="http://www.danpink.com/books/drive/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Pink</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_startup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Lean Startup</a>, Eric Ries <a href="http://www.hci.com.au/deming-a/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Out of the Crisis</a> by Edwards Deming <a href="http://www.deming.edu/VTM/VTMMain.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Deming Library</a> <a href="http://bia.ca/articles/DiminishingFearintheWorkplace.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eliminating fear in the workplace</a> <a href="https://greenleaf.org/winning-workplaces/workplace-resources/ask-an-expert/getting-fear-out-of-the-workplace/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creativity and fear</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMeuk0ZtLM0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simon Sinek, Leaders Eat Last</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/business/media/pixar-chiefs-book-creativity-inc-grips-hollywoods-imagination.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull</a>, Pixar Co-founder <a href="http://www.innovationmanagement.se/imtool-articles/the-innovative-leader-vs-the-command-and-control-leader/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Command and Control leadership</a> <a href="http://culture.pluralsight.com/culture-coaches/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Culture Coaches</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/smaxbrown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Max Brown</a> <a href="http://www.siop.org/workplace/coaching/coaching_to_impact_organiz.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Culture/Leadership coaching</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Drucker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Drucker</a> SUBSCRIBING TO THE COGNICAST The show is <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thinkrelevance-the-podcast/id498067022" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">available on iTunes</a>! You can also subscribe to the podcast using our <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/cognicast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcast feed</a>. You can send feedback about the show to <a href="mailto:podcast@cognitect.com">podcast@cognitect.com</a>, or leave a comment here on the blog. Thanks for listening! <h1>Credits</h1> Episode Cover Art: <a href="/authors/MichaelParenteau.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Parenteau</a> Audio Production <a href="/authors/RussOlsen.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Russ Olsen</a> Producer <a href="/authors/KimFoster.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kim Foster</a> In this episode we talk to Keith Sparkjoy of Pluralsight.

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