Here's another technique card from my seminar, "Leading Technical Change". We first get into midwifing change precisely because we want it to be smoother, easier, and faster. But sometimes, a coach needs not to rush a decision through, but to slow it down. --- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org. Any feedback, you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, click here to join the Camerata Slack! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

Here's another technique card from my seminar, "Leading Technical Change". We first get into midwifing change precisely because we want it to be smoother, easier, and faster. But sometimes, a coach needs not to rush a decision through, but to slow it down. --- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>. Any feedback, you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">click here to join the Camerata Slack</a>! --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

Slowing Decisions Down | #147

If we're going to enable and support change, we're going to fail, more often than we succeed, and we want to bake tht idea in, early on, lest we fail both more often, and potentially more disastrously.  --- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org. Any feedback, you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, click here to join the Camerata Slack!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

If we're going to enable and support change, we're going to fail, more often than we succeed, and we want to bake tht idea in, early on, lest we fail both more often, and potentially more disastrously.  --- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>. Any feedback, you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">click here to join the Camerata Slack</a>!--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

What About Failure? | #146

Can we be honest? If we're going to be successful change midwives, honesty is very important. In this technique card from Leading Technical Change, I talk about some of the ins &amp; outs of this complicated topic. --- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org. Any feedback, you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, click here to join the Camerata Slack!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

Can we be honest? If we're going to be successful change midwives, honesty is very important. In this technique card from Leading Technical Change, I talk about some of the ins &amp; outs of this complicated topic. --- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>. Any feedback, you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">click here to join the Camerata Slack</a>!--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

Can We Be Honest? | #145

The people who hire me ask me to help their teams make changes. Most of the time, my first step is to see how I can slash those teams' load. To me, this is dreadfully obvious, but for a lot of folks seeking change, it comes as a completely shocking idea. The weirdest part, though, is that it not only improves our ability to change, it usually also increases our actual productivity. Let's talk about the change effect of that first, then the productivity effect. --- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org. Any feedback, you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, click here to join the Camerata Slack!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

The people who hire me ask me to help their teams make changes. Most of the time, my first step is to see how I can slash those teams' load. To me, this is dreadfully obvious, but for a lot of folks seeking change, it comes as a completely shocking idea. The weirdest part, though, is that it not only improves our ability to change, it usually also increases our actual productivity. Let's talk about the change effect of that first, then the productivity effect. --- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>. Any feedback, you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">click here to join the Camerata Slack</a>!--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

Slash the Load | #144

Joy project: Today's a comparatively light work day, so I'm gonna lay out what I'm actually trying to do with this project. The source, btw, is at: https://github.com/GeePawHill/fgno-plotter.  -- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org. Any feedback, you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, click here to join the Camerata Slack! ----- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

Joy project: Today's a comparatively light work day, so I'm gonna lay out what I'm actually trying to do with this project. The source, btw, is at: <a href="https://github.com/GeePawHill/fgno-plotter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/GeePawHill/fgno-plotter</a>.  -- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>. Any feedback, you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">click here to join the Camerata Slack</a>! ----- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

Joy Project: FGNO Plotter | #143

TDD Pro-Tip: I advocate against automated macro-tests -- those whose base is entire running programs --, as their cost is high and their benefit is doubtful. I very rarely write them. There is a bewildering variety of terminology out there around what I'm calling macro-tests, so let's poke around a little. -- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org. Any feedback, you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, click here to join the Camerata Slack! ----- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

TDD Pro-Tip: I advocate against automated macro-tests -- those whose base is entire running programs --, as their cost is high and their benefit is doubtful. I very rarely write them. There is a bewildering variety of terminology out there around what I'm calling macro-tests, so let's poke around a little. -- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>. Any feedback, you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">click here to join the Camerata Slack</a>! ----- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

Against Automated Macrotests | #142

I spoze the historic and ongoing inability/unwillingness of the software trade to grasp and adopt test-driven development (TDD) is one of the most frustrating &amp; demoralizing events of my forty-two years as a professional geek. -- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org. Any feedback, you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, click here to join the Camerata Slack! ----- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

I spoze the historic and ongoing inability/unwillingness of the software trade to grasp and adopt test-driven development (TDD) is one of the most frustrating &amp; demoralizing events of my forty-two years as a professional geek. -- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>. Any feedback, you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">click here to join the Camerata Slack</a>! ----- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

Some TDD History | #141

Let's talk for a minute about "over-coding". Over-coding, when you're a TDD'ist, is writing more code than you (intended to) have test to cover. But I will offer a few thoughts on this to *non* TDD'ers and TDD'ers alike. -- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org. Any feedback, you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, click here to join the Camerata Slack! ----- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

Let's talk for a minute about "over-coding". Over-coding, when you're a TDD'ist, is writing more code than you (intended to) have test to cover. But I will offer a few thoughts on this to *non* TDD'ers and TDD'ers alike. -- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>. Any feedback, you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">click here to join the Camerata Slack</a>! ----- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

On Over-Coding | #140

Here's ten I-Statements about change, in the geek trades, and beyond. My hope is that it will give you a richer sense of where I'm coming from in my blogs, talks, videos, and courses.  -- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org. Any feedback, you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, click here to join the Camerata Slack! ----- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

Here's ten I-Statements about change, in the geek trades, and beyond. My hope is that it will give you a richer sense of where I'm coming from in my blogs, talks, videos, and courses.  -- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>. Any feedback, you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">click here to join the Camerata Slack</a>! ----- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

Ten I-Statements About Change | #139

I've oft mentioned how the twin cost-revolutions in geekery warped &amp; nearly destroyed our trade. Then wondered if we'll get to a place where it's no longer profitable for most companies to write bad software poorly. This morning I wonder if I'm seeing the beginning of it. -- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org. Any feedback, you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, click here to join the Camerata Slack! ----- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

I've oft mentioned how the twin cost-revolutions in geekery warped &amp; nearly destroyed our trade. Then wondered if we'll get to a place where it's no longer profitable for most companies to write bad software poorly. This morning I wonder if I'm seeing the beginning of it. -- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>. Any feedback, you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter. To get more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here to join the Camerata Slack</a>! ----- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

Trade Collapse Begins? | #138

GeePaw is a software development coach with over 30 years in the field. His unique understanding of how to enact lasting change among teams has established him as a leader of the agility concept known as "Change-Harvesting". Here you can find his weekly podcasts.

PawCast with GeePaw Hill

Episode 3 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of the podcast over on GeePawHill.org. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

Episode 3 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://geepawhill.org/thin-culture-and-stories" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of the podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

Thin Culture and Stories | #3

"A camerata -- h/t Jess Kerr for that term -- is a group of people working on a common problem, both together and separately. Part salon, part clubhouse, part Republic of Letters, part continuous colloquium, it provides a kind of interactive operational base for that community. A camerata is centered around acts of creation, invention, and experiment that occur in a kind of hothouse composed of people who are 1) alike enough to grasp those acts and 2) different enough to shape those acts, and 3) energized enough to engage with those acts." I've launched my Camerata project and it's already starting to fill with members. Click here to Join the Camerata Now! --- If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

"A camerata -- h/t Jess Kerr for that term -- is a group of people working on a common problem, both together and separately. Part salon, part clubhouse, part Republic of Letters, part continuous colloquium, it provides a kind of interactive operational base for that community. A camerata is centered around acts of creation, invention, and experiment that occur in a kind of hothouse composed of people who are 1) alike enough to grasp those acts and 2) different enough to shape those acts, and 3) energized enough to engage with those acts." I've launched my Camerata project and it's already starting to fill with members. <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to Join the Camerata Now!</a> --- If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2020/01/05/the-camerata-is-launched!/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">transcription of this podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

The Camerata is Launched! | #22

"A respondent asks, "Are you always able to practice what you preach? I don't mean intentionally dropping but unintentionally as your mind is sloppy. I have great difficulties in applying 100% of my "knowledge" 100% of the time." Sometimes questions open up huge areas with lots of issues and subtexts and angles, and this is one. It's too big to fit in one or two tweets. First, the direct answer: Oh, *hell* no. I am definitely not always able to practice what I preach. (I'm excluding externalities or conscious intent.) The cause can be any number of factors rooted deep within my human-ness and, in truth, far outside my agency." Episode 19 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of the podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

"A respondent asks, "Are you always able to practice what you preach? I don't mean intentionally dropping but unintentionally as your mind is sloppy. I have great difficulties in applying 100% of my "knowledge" 100% of the time." Sometimes questions open up huge areas with lots of issues and subtexts and angles, and this is one. It's too big to fit in one or two tweets. First, the direct answer: Oh, *hell* no. I am definitely not always able to practice what I preach. (I'm excluding externalities or conscious intent.) The cause can be any number of factors rooted deep within my human-ness and, in truth, far outside my agency." Episode 19 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2019/12/17/how-i-work-preaching-and-practicing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of the podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

How I Work - Preaching And Practicing | #19

"I don't know what will thicken the software making trade's culture. But I know (part of) what I'm trying to do: tell the story of us, re-tell it, and re-tell it again, as many times as it takes, until that story is the story of a community of kindness and creativity." Episode 4 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of the podcast over on GeePawHill.org. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

"I don't know what will thicken the software making trade's culture. But I know (part of) what I'm trying to do: tell the story of us, re-tell it, and re-tell it again, as many times as it takes, until that story is the story of a community of kindness and creativity." Episode 4 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://geepawhill.org/what-im-up-to/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of the podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

What I'm Up To | #4

"As a pure code monkey, my greatest asset is unquestionably my ability to organize, to rapidly arrange and re-arrange ideas out there in mind-stuff, where the Platonic forms live. To do that, I have to know where things are now, what kind of things they are, their size &amp; shape. But situating myself isn't just remembering what's there. It's ultimately formulating some kind of change-plan. I do that by doing things that amount to a kind of labeling: "blocker", "detail", "totally irrelevant", "bingo", "scary", "hackable"." Episode 13 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of the podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

"As a pure code monkey, my greatest asset is unquestionably my ability to organize, to rapidly arrange and re-arrange ideas out there in mind-stuff, where the Platonic forms live. To do that, I have to know where things are now, what kind of things they are, their size &amp; shape. But situating myself isn't just remembering what's there. It's ultimately formulating some kind of change-plan. I do that by doing things that amount to a kind of labeling: "blocker", "detail", "totally irrelevant", "bingo", "scary", "hackable"." Episode 13 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2019/11/27/how-i-work-just-programming-mix/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of the podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

How I Work - Just Programming Mix | #13

"Now, there are no bad dogs. Sentinel returns aren't inherently evil: there are two reasons why they're ubiquitous down there at the bottom of your stack, a cut or two above the metal...But every sentinel return in your code is a guaranteed explicit branching construct in that code. In the string find case, for instance, you can never use the answer blindly. You *have* to branch around the possibility of the sentinel saying "no love here". I don't desire explicit branches. They make me think, and mama dint raise no thinkers. When I *can* find a way around them, I do. The trick, as with most coding constructs one's unhappy with, is to see if you can wrap it so that it works in your context but so the branch is effectively hidden from view almost immediately, level-wise."  Episode 11 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of the podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

"Now, there are no bad dogs. Sentinel returns aren't inherently evil: there are two reasons why they're ubiquitous down there at the bottom of your stack, a cut or two above the metal...But every sentinel return in your code is a guaranteed explicit branching construct in that code. In the string find case, for instance, you can never use the answer blindly. You *have* to branch around the possibility of the sentinel saying "no love here". I don't desire explicit branches. They make me think, and mama dint raise no thinkers. When I *can* find a way around them, I do. The trick, as with most coding constructs one's unhappy with, is to see if you can wrap it so that it works in your context but so the branch is effectively hidden from view almost immediately, level-wise."  Episode 11 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2019/11/21/tdd-pro-tip-suspect-sentinel-returns/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of the podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

TDD Pro-Tip: Suspect Sentinel Returns | #11

People use the word "discipline" reasonably often when they talk about the software trade. I tend to avoid that word, and I wish more folks followed me in that policy. Most of those folks are not meaning anything untoward. They might easily use "orderly", "consistent", "persistent", "systematic", and so on, instead of "discipline", and as I say, I wish they would. "Discipline", in other parts of the forest, is an ordinary part of the vocabulary of extrinsic motivation by punishment that is a common element in command-and-control arrangements. "Discipline", in that part of the forest, is also used as a verb. Its meaning is usually "punish" or "sanction", and pretty much always implies "coerce" and "control". Episode 28 is live! If you are interested in becoming a part of the conversation, Click here to join the Change-Harvesting Camerata Today! --- If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

People use the word "discipline" reasonably often when they talk about the software trade. I tend to avoid that word, and I wish more folks followed me in that policy. Most of those folks are not meaning anything untoward. They might easily use "orderly", "consistent", "persistent", "systematic", and so on, instead of "discipline", and as I say, I wish they would. "Discipline", in other parts of the forest, is an ordinary part of the vocabulary of extrinsic motivation by punishment that is a common element in command-and-control arrangements. "Discipline", in that part of the forest, is also used as a verb. Its meaning is usually "punish" or "sanction", and pretty much always implies "coerce" and "control". Episode 28 is live! If you are interested in becoming a part of the conversation, <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to join the Change-Harvesting Camerata Today!</a> --- If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2020/02/07/discipline-a-short-rant/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of this podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

Discipline: A Short Rant | #28

"Nearly all significant change in human behaviors, individual or group, depends on three things: a new technique, a new mindset, and a path that can reach both. The geek trades generally overvalue the technique, undervalue the mindset, and ignore the path altogether. If we’re to change the trajectory of the trade, we need to attend to mindset and path both. A rough understanding of the ideas of frame, worldview, and culture will be very useful in that endeavor. That begins with the meaning(s) of that well-known aphorism. When we have a problem, we come up with a solution using our tools. That’s about as dictionary-straightforward as one can possibly be. The tools shape the solution that we come up with. But that is not what that saying means." Episode 21 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of the podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

"Nearly all significant change in human behaviors, individual or group, depends on three things: a new technique, a new mindset, and a path that can reach both. The geek trades generally overvalue the technique, undervalue the mindset, and ignore the path altogether. If we’re to change the trajectory of the trade, we need to attend to mindset and path both. A rough understanding of the ideas of frame, worldview, and culture will be very useful in that endeavor. That begins with the meaning(s) of that well-known aphorism. When we have a problem, we come up with a solution using our tools. That’s about as dictionary-straightforward as one can possibly be. The tools shape the solution that we come up with. But that is not what that saying means." Episode 21 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2019/12/30/if-all-you-have-is-a-hammer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of the podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

If All You Have Is a Hammer | #21

"When my motivational spectrum calls for a high degree of mastery, I do my best work when it is just a little over my head. People sometimes confuse the drive for mastery with a drive to know everything. But it's not the knowing, per se. It's not *catching* the skill, it's *chasing* the skill. My own spectrum rates mastery the highest, 9 on the scale of 10 for me. I am never more driven than when I've got some challenge I *think* I can do but I'm not *sure* I can do." Episode 15 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of the podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

"When my motivational spectrum calls for a high degree of mastery, I do my best work when it is just a little over my head. People sometimes confuse the drive for mastery with a drive to know everything. But it's not the knowing, per se. It's not *catching* the skill, it's *chasing* the skill. My own spectrum rates mastery the highest, 9 on the scale of 10 for me. I am never more driven than when I've got some challenge I *think* I can do but I'm not *sure* I can do." Episode 15 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2019/12/02/ramps-mastery-is-opportunity-to-grow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of the podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

RAMPS - Mastery is Opportunity to Grow | #15

"The more we need creative technical work, the more we have to concern ourselves with providing the humans who do it the adequate autonomy to do it well. Machines can't give us what we need, and the extent we build machine-like things made up of people is exactly the extent to which we handicap our ability to get what we need. At the same time, we take a risk. After all, if *anything* goes, some very Bad Things[tm] can go. We need to find ways to consciously manage our risk while still getting the best advantage we can from our use of those pesky non-machines whose human-ness is exactly what we value." Episode 14 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of the podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

"The more we need creative technical work, the more we have to concern ourselves with providing the humans who do it the adequate autonomy to do it well. Machines can't give us what we need, and the extent we build machine-like things made up of people is exactly the extent to which we handicap our ability to get what we need. At the same time, we take a risk. After all, if *anything* goes, some very Bad Things[tm] can go. We need to find ways to consciously manage our risk while still getting the best advantage we can from our use of those pesky non-machines whose human-ness is exactly what we value." Episode 14 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2019/11/30/ramps-ways-to-affect-autonomy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of the podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

RAMPS - Ways to Affect Autonomy | #14

 Emphasize open disputation. If we disagree, that's a *good* thing, not a bad one. It means we have more than one idea in the room, and we're in the idea business. Don't underestimate the power of laughter -- for good or ill. What your team thinks is funny, and how, when, and where it expresses that, these are strong clues to the level of safety. Is your team humor mean? Is it open, an everyday thing? Who isn't laughing, and why not? Do things together. A lot of the weight or mass of health is in the bonds the team forms. Do them on work. Do them at work. Do them outside of work. Aim for being parent-friendly and sober-friendly. Service -- charity -- can be as powerful as fun. Mix and match. Find the sweet spot in team agreements between too many and too few. A rough guide: same number of agreements as members. Write them on the wall, and include safety in them.  Click here to join the Change-Harvesting Camerata! If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

<ol> <li>Emphasize open disputation. If we disagree, that's a *good* thing, not a bad one. It means we have more than one idea in the room, and we're in the idea business.</li> <li>Don't underestimate the power of laughter -- for good or ill. What your team thinks is funny, and how, when, and where it expresses that, these are strong clues to the level of safety. Is your team humor mean? Is it open, an everyday thing? Who isn't laughing, and why not?</li> <li>Do things together. A lot of the weight or mass of health is in the bonds the team forms. Do them on work. Do them at work. Do them outside of work. Aim for being parent-friendly and sober-friendly. Service -- charity -- can be as powerful as fun. Mix and match.</li> <li>Find the sweet spot in team agreements between too many and too few. A rough guide: same number of agreements as members. Write them on the wall, and include safety in them.</li> </ol> <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to join the Change-Harvesting Camerata!</a> If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2020/01/12/ramps-ways-to-affect-safety/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">transcription of this podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

RAMPS - Affecting Safety | #23

Before anything else, there's the series titles, and I'm going to make a joke: I always wanted to write "Low Self-Esteem For Dummies!" and see how many copies I could sell. There's a serious thought behind the joke. I don't like "...For Dummies", and I never buy one or recommend one. I am not a dummy. People who are asking for info aren't dummies. People who are learning to do a thing aren't dummies. People who ask dumb questions aren't dummies. When I was a kid, I asked one. A grownup said to Mom, "He sure asks a lot of dumb questions." Mom replied, "He sure as hell does, all day long." Then she said, , bless her heart, "You notice, tho, he never asks the same one twice." Every great thinker you know, every philosopher, every scientist, every writer, every artist, everyone whose mind you respect? Every single one of them got there by asking dumb questions. They weren't dummies, they were curious and thoughtful and courageous. Episode 27 is live! If you are interested in becoming a part of the conversation, Click here to join the Change-Harvesting Camerata Today! --- If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

Before anything else, there's the series titles, and I'm going to make a joke: I always wanted to write "Low Self-Esteem For Dummies!" and see how many copies I could sell. There's a serious thought behind the joke. I don't like "...For Dummies", and I never buy one or recommend one. I am not a dummy. People who are asking for info aren't dummies. People who are learning to do a thing aren't dummies. People who ask dumb questions aren't dummies. When I was a kid, I asked one. A grownup said to Mom, "He sure asks a lot of dumb questions." Mom replied, "He sure as hell does, all day long." Then she said, , bless her heart, "You notice, tho, he never asks the same one twice." Every great thinker you know, every philosopher, every scientist, every writer, every artist, everyone whose mind you respect? Every single one of them got there by asking dumb questions. They weren't dummies, they were curious and thoughtful and courageous. Episode 27 is live! If you are interested in becoming a part of the conversation, <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to join the Change-Harvesting Camerata Today!</a> --- If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2020/02/04/programming-interviews-for-dummies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of this podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

Programming Interviews For Dummies | #27

"We talked about the widespread pernicious conceptual cluster we call "finish-line efficiency": the idea that software development is basically a race, w/a start, a well-marked track, and a precise finish line some distance away. Overturning this is central to engaging mastery. I'm always chary of simple mappings from software development to the physical domain. But if it resembles anything like "getting from here to there", the thing it most resembles is an exploratory expedition across an unknown continent. In a simple race, we tune to be running machines: perfect stride, optimal pathing, minimal awareness. Don't move laterally or in reverse. Don't find shortcuts. The target stays still. Fuel up before &amp; after. We *follow* the path, we don't *create* it." Episode 16 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of the podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

"We talked about the widespread pernicious conceptual cluster we call "finish-line efficiency": the idea that software development is basically a race, w/a start, a well-marked track, and a precise finish line some distance away. Overturning this is central to engaging mastery. I'm always chary of simple mappings from software development to the physical domain. But if it resembles anything like "getting from here to there", the thing it most resembles is an exploratory expedition across an unknown continent. In a simple race, we tune to be running machines: perfect stride, optimal pathing, minimal awareness. Don't move laterally or in reverse. Don't find shortcuts. The target stays still. Fuel up before &amp; after. We *follow* the path, we don't *create* it." Episode 16 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2019/12/04/ramps-ways-to-affect-mastery/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of the podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

RAMPS - Ways to Affect Mastery | #16

"There is no story in the history of the English monarchy that could not be readily re-framed as the story of mobsters and their heirs wielding raw power and vying for the legitimacy that would clothe its violent, cunning, often psychopathic, murderous, intemperate behavior." Episode 6 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of the podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

"There is no story in the history of the English monarchy that could not be readily re-framed as the story of mobsters and their heirs wielding raw power and vying for the legitimacy that would clothe its violent, cunning, often psychopathic, murderous, intemperate behavior." Episode 6 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://geepawhill.org/stories-about-stories" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of the podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

Stories about Stories | #6

"When I say tell and re-tell the story of us until it becomes the story we want, bringing us together in a culture of kind and creative community, I am not being mystical, airy, saintly, hippie-esque, poetic, or intellectual. I am talking about straight-up hardcore pragmatism." Episode 5 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of the podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

"When I say tell and re-tell the story of us until it becomes the story we want, bringing us together in a culture of kind and creative community, I am not being mystical, airy, saintly, hippie-esque, poetic, or intellectual. I am talking about straight-up hardcore pragmatism." Episode 5 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://geepawhill.org/how-stories-change-things/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of the podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

How Stories Change Things | #5

When we talked about "if all you have is a hammer", we mentioned frames, and I mentioned Race, Build, and More, but then we kept right on going. I want to circle back now, because our heavy reliance on these causes a lot of confusion. They tend to block change-harvesting. A "frame" is a kind of crystallized chunk of experience. One wants to slide quickly to "idea" or "concept", but resist that pull: ideas &amp; concepts are far more chosen, more conscious. Frames are -- to use a lovely geek phrase -- much closer to the metal. The word has two flavors in it, both important. First, think of a frame as a rigid structure that holds things together. Your car's frame, for instance. Second, think of a frame as a boundary, with an inside &amp; outside. When we speak of a painting's frame, we use that flavor. Episode 26 is live! If you are interested in becoming a part of the conversation, Click here to join the Change-Harvesting Camerata Today! --- If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

When we talked about "if all you have is a hammer", we mentioned frames, and I mentioned Race, Build, and More, but then we kept right on going. I want to circle back now, because our heavy reliance on these causes a lot of confusion. They tend to block change-harvesting. A "frame" is a kind of crystallized chunk of experience. One wants to slide quickly to "idea" or "concept", but resist that pull: ideas &amp; concepts are far more chosen, more conscious. Frames are -- to use a lovely geek phrase -- much closer to the metal. The word has two flavors in it, both important. First, think of a frame as a rigid structure that holds things together. Your car's frame, for instance. Second, think of a frame as a boundary, with an inside &amp; outside. When we speak of a painting's frame, we use that flavor. Episode 26 is live! If you are interested in becoming a part of the conversation, <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to join the Change-Harvesting Camerata Today!</a> --- If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2020/01/27/frames-build-race-and-more/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of this podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

Frames: Build, Race, and More | #26

"I try to seek both multiplicity and diversity in the purposes we offer to the individuals around us. Both of those words matter. We want many available purposes. And we want them to be different from each other. The most common scenario one sees in an organization is the selection of one big overriding purpose, and underneath it a host of instrumental purposes, likely each of them with further sub-instrumental purposes attached, forming a nested hierarchy. The idea is that we're *all* part of one thing, that one thing is really Important[tm], it can be decomposed hierarchically into many things, and then the lucky motivate-ee's can plug themselves in until all the purpose-slots are covered." Episode 18 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of the podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

"I try to seek both multiplicity and diversity in the purposes we offer to the individuals around us. Both of those words matter. We want many available purposes. And we want them to be different from each other. The most common scenario one sees in an organization is the selection of one big overriding purpose, and underneath it a host of instrumental purposes, likely each of them with further sub-instrumental purposes attached, forming a nested hierarchy. The idea is that we're *all* part of one thing, that one thing is really Important[tm], it can be decomposed hierarchically into many things, and then the lucky motivate-ee's can plug themselves in until all the purpose-slots are covered." Episode 18 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2019/12/11/ramps-ways-to-affect-purpose/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of the podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

RAMPS - Ways to Affect Purpose | #18

"Those who rate this band of the motivational spectrum highly can be go-to workhorses, but only if we keep them connected to their valued greater. If rhythm is largely focused on the distribution of "feels good" through one's working life, purpose works to carry us through the "feels bad" part of it, by transforming the local discomfort into an instrument for the higher goal. Have you ever been helped by a four-year-old, maybe in the kitchen, or with the yardwork? Your young friend is seeing a greater end than her own. She's finding a role for herself within it. She's transforming tedium into fuel. She's *helping*, and manifesting purpose-in-action." Episode 17 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of the podcast over on GeePawHill.org.   ---   Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

"Those who rate this band of the motivational spectrum highly can be go-to workhorses, but only if we keep them connected to their valued greater. If rhythm is largely focused on the distribution of "feels good" through one's working life, purpose works to carry us through the "feels bad" part of it, by transforming the local discomfort into an instrument for the higher goal. Have you ever been helped by a four-year-old, maybe in the kitchen, or with the yardwork? Your young friend is seeing a greater end than her own. She's finding a role for herself within it. She's transforming tedium into fuel. She's *helping*, and manifesting purpose-in-action." Episode 17 is now live. If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2019/12/07/ramps-purpose-is-service-to-a-greater/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of the podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

RAMPS - Purpose is Service to a Greater | #17

A decade ago I coined the term "microtest" for the kind of tests I write (or 95% of them). I found it easier to give people a new word than to try to parse the wildly variable meaning of any of the old words then in play, or even more inefficiently, argue definitions. I still do. A microtest is a short, precise, descriptive, fast, grok-at-a-glance, executable and persistent demonstration that what I said is what the computer heard is what I meant. Episode 29 is live! If you are interested in becoming a part of the conversation, Click here to join the Change-Harvesting Camerata Today! --- If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

A decade ago I coined the term "microtest" for the kind of tests I write (or 95% of them). I found it easier to give people a new word than to try to parse the wildly variable meaning of any of the old words then in play, or even more inefficiently, argue definitions. I still do. A microtest is a short, precise, descriptive, fast, grok-at-a-glance, executable and persistent demonstration that what I said is what the computer heard is what I meant. Episode 29 is live! If you are interested in becoming a part of the conversation, <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to join the Change-Harvesting Camerata Today!</a> --- If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2020/02/11/how-i-work-test-driving-mix/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of this podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

How I Work (Test-Driving Mix) | #29

The central concept of a dynamic unity is change-harvesting: make a change, harvest its value, use that value to make another change, over and over, change after change, world without end. We spoke the other day about how tools shape *problems*. "If all you have is a hammer, all you will see are nails." It was a conversation about *mental* tools: frames, worldviews, culture.  My contention is that our trade's standard frames, worldviews, and culture are failing us, and that we need something different. Change-harvesting is my attempt to get at that something different.  As a worldview, a cluster of *mental* tools, change-harvesting has several serious consequences, at the level of solving problems and, as we discussed before, at the level of experiencing them in the first place. Episode 25 is live! If you are interested in becoming a part of the conversation, Click here to join the Change-Harvesting Camerata Today! --- If you have any feedback you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message

The central concept of a dynamic unity is change-harvesting: make a change, harvest its value, use that value to make another change, over and over, change after change, world without end. We spoke the other day about how tools shape *problems*. "If all you have is a hammer, all you will see are nails." It was a conversation about *mental* tools: frames, worldviews, culture.  My contention is that our trade's standard frames, worldviews, and culture are failing us, and that we need something different. Change-harvesting is my attempt to get at that something different.  As a worldview, a cluster of *mental* tools, change-harvesting has several serious consequences, at the level of solving problems and, as we discussed before, at the level of experiencing them in the first place. Episode 25 is live! If you are interested in becoming a part of the conversation, <a href="https://geepawhill.org/camerata" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to join the Change-Harvesting Camerata Today!</a> --- If you have any feedback you can always tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/geepawhill" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@GeePawHill</a> on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. You can also read the <a href="https://www.geepawhill.org/2020/01/22/change-harvesting-the-how/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcription of this podcast</a> over on <a href="https://geepawhill.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GeePawHill.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geepawhill/message</a>

Change-Harvesting: The How | #25

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