John Clapham's guest appearances

John Clapham

Software Process and Measurement Cast

Wicked Problems Podcast

Allan Kelly

Elizabeth Harrin

Ron Rosenhead

Pawel Brodzinski

Billy Bragg

Jeff Perry

Cheryl Jones

John Hunter

Woody Zuill

Corey Haines

Jeff Smith

Peter Taylor

Kevin Kruse

Steve Turner

Jeff Anderson

OwlTail

In this episode I talk to John Clapham, a professional coach and Agile consultant who works predominantly with I.T and digital services organisations. John helps leaders and individuals develop, teams to build great products, and organisations learn to be more effective, productive and enjoyable to work in. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences around the UK. With the advent of cloud technology and fast paced Agile project delivery methodologies such as Scrum &amp; Kanban, come concepts such as Kaisen. In Japanese, Kaisen merely gives us the principle of change for the better or an improvement, be that one-off or continuous. In the world of Agile and lead methodologies it has been adopted as a word for continuous improvement, itself often used merely as a synonym for working at pace. However, no one can work at pace all the time and it is perhaps perilous to forget that burnout does not lead to improvement but rather a reduction in productivity. Here we might do well to keep another Japanese term, Karoshi, in mind. Translated as ‘overwork death’, Karoshi is a term that refers to occupational sudden mortality. This is not to suggest that the Japanese are working their population to death, but simply that in learning to work at pace we should ensure we don’t overwork our teams to their death. In this episode John and I explore this concept with questions such as “how to deliver at pace whilst maintaining a healthy work life balance.” Enjoy. About John John Clapham is an independent Agile consultant and professional coach. He helps individuals develop, teams build great products, and organisations learn to be more effective, productive and enjoyable to work in. His broad experience ranges from start-up to enterprise scale, formed in the publishing, telecommunications, commerce, defence and public sector arenas. John is also often asked to talk at conferences and says “Nothing focuses the mind, or encourages thorough research like presenting ideas in front of hundreds of experts in the field.” John has a secret passion for DevOps and Continuous Delivery. His forays into coaching, lean and Agile are fuelled by coffee, lego and Bristol’s frequent inclement weather.   Full links and references at: https://wickedproblems.fm/2020/01/08/johnclapham

In this episode I talk to John Clapham, a professional coach and Agile consultant who works predominantly with I.T and digital services organisations. John helps leaders and individuals develop, teams to build great products, and organisations learn to be more effective, productive and enjoyable to work in. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences around the UK. With the advent of cloud technology and fast paced Agile project delivery methodologies such as Scrum &amp; Kanban, come concepts such as Kaisen. In Japanese, Kaisen merely gives us the principle of change for the better or an improvement, be that one-off or continuous. In the world of Agile and lead methodologies it has been adopted as a word for continuous improvement, itself often used merely as a synonym for working at pace. However, no one can work at pace all the time and it is perhaps perilous to forget that burnout does not lead to improvement but rather a reduction in productivity. Here we might do well to keep another Japanese term, Karoshi, in mind. Translated as ‘overwork death’, Karoshi is a term that refers to occupational sudden mortality. This is not to suggest that the Japanese are working their population to death, but simply that in learning to work at pace we should ensure we don’t overwork our teams to their death. In this episode John and I explore this concept with questions such as “how to deliver at pace whilst maintaining a healthy work life balance.” Enjoy. About John John Clapham is an independent Agile consultant and professional coach. He helps individuals develop, teams build great products, and organisations learn to be more effective, productive and enjoyable to work in. His broad experience ranges from start-up to enterprise scale, formed in the publishing, telecommunications, commerce, defence and public sector arenas. John is also often asked to talk at conferences and says “Nothing focuses the mind, or encourages thorough research like presenting ideas in front of hundreds of experts in the field.” John has a secret passion for DevOps and Continuous Delivery. His forays into coaching, lean and Agile are fuelled by coffee, lego and Bristol’s frequent inclement weather. Full links and references at: <a href="https://wickedproblems.fm/2020/01/09/johnclapham" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://wickedproblems.fm/2020/01/08/johnclapham</a>

Work Death! From Kaizen to Karoshi with John Clapham

SPaMCAST 514 features our interview with John Clapham. John and I talked DevOps, people, agile, and how all those pieces fit together coherently or not. John even quoted Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. This is a big, fun, informative interview! John Clapham is an experienced coach, trainer, and consultant, specializing in DevOps and Agile.  He helps teams to build great products, creating environments and systems which are effective, productive and enjoyable to work in. Often this means introducing Scrum, or developing a deeper understanding of the method and it's principles.  John draws on broad experience as an engineer and lead, he has built web and enterprise applications in government, publishing, telecommunications, commerce, defense, and public sector arenas. Twitter:   Web:    Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackle Chapter 9 of .  The Save is the final chapter in the book.  Next week we will discuss our final thoughts and decide on the next book.  In chapter 9 Atul Gawande talks about his experiences with the surgical checklist he helped to create.  The last chapter is a combination of emotion and evidence. Remember to buy a copy of  and READ along! Current Installment: Week 10 -  -  Previous Installments: Week 9 -  -     -   -   -   -   -   -   -    Conferences and More! Agile Online Summit 2018 Virtual October 8 – 12  Speaking on Agile Metrics! ISMA 16 Sao Paulo, Brazil October 16 Register Now;  Presentation: Product Owners In Agile – The Really Hard Role ITMPI Webinar Virtual October 31 Register Now:  Webinar:  Agile, Where Agile Fears to Tread   Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 515 will feature an essay on transformation and agile metrics. Whether you like the word transformation or not, many in the process improvement and agile communities help to facilitate change. Involvement in any non-trivial change effort requires resources, people, support and the expenditure of political capital. We will also hear from Kim Pries and Gene Hughson.

SPaMCAST 514 - DevOps, people, and Agile Fitting The Pieces Together, An Interview With John Clapham