Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.estherderby.com/">Esther Derby</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/estherderby">@estherderby</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle">Esther Derby talks with Dave Rael about changes in software development, abusive environments, and facilitating learning and growth</div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Esther Derby started her career as a programmer, and over the years she's worn many hats, including business owner, internal consultant and manager. From all these perspectives, one thing became clear: our level of individual, team and company success was deeply impacted by our work environment and organizational dynamics. As a result, she has spent the last twenty-five years helping companies design their environment, culture, and human dynamics for optimum success. She has written over 100 articles, and co-authored two books–Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great and Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management. She writes about management, leadership, collaboration, organizations and change (or another topic I’m currently exploring).</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Esther Derby</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Esther's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Esther up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Esther's early experiences with creating software and how it was like Agile</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Abusive disconnect - "too stupid" users</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Esther got started in software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Esther's story of failure - more an attitude toward failure and resilience and a growth mindset</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Esther's story of success of which she can be proud - creating environments where people can learn and grow and examine assumption</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Esther stays current with what she needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Esther's book recommendations</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Esther most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - "Create the environment where writing good software is the natural outcome."</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The greatest sources of pain in Esther's life and work - humiliation and lack of humanity in workplaces</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Abusive measurement of productivity and its origin</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which Esther geeks out apart from software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Esther's prediction for the future of software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Esther's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Esther</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.estherderby.com" target="_blank">Esther's Website</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.estherderby.com/qa-teleconferences" target="_blank">Esther's Monthly Teleconferences</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0977616649/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great - Esther Derby, Diana Larsen</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A4OA6UQ/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management - Johanna Rothman, Esther Derby</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.geraldmweinberg.com/Site/Home.html" target="_blank">Gerald Weinberg</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/greg-shackles-not-just-mobile" target="_blank">Greg Shackles on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KTR7DHM/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">IBM Flowcharting template</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Dweck" target="_blank">Carol Dweck</a></li> <li><a href="http://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/dr-carol-dweck-the-motivated-mindset-episode-445/" target="_blank">A Good Podcast Interview With Carol Dweck</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/linda-rising-lit-up-on-life-and-still-rocking" target="_blank">Linda Rising on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/estherschindler?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank">"Other Esther" Schindler</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.solutionsiq.com/esther-derbys-six-change-rules-rule/" target="_blank">Esther on Six Rules for Change</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/developeronfire-54-woodyzuill" target="_blank">Woody Zuill on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://history.berkeley.edu/people/caitlin-c-rosenthal" target="_blank">Caitlin C. Rosenthal</a></li> </ul> <h6> <span>Esther's book recommendations</span>:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?field-author=Carol+Dweck&search-alias=books&text=Carol+Dweck&tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Books by Carol Dweck</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591398622/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management - Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton</a></li> </ul> <h6>Esther's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Understand who is receiving what you deliver</li> <li>Understand the purpose of what you deliver</li> <li>Understand the relationship you want to create</li> </ol> </div> </div>
