Having a hard time articulating your idea? Or are you hearing and idea for something that isn't quite detailed enough? We got a fun practice for you that will get your creative juices flowing like the magnificent salmon of Capistrano 😃 On this episode of OPP, we chat with Tim Beattie, Co-founder of Stellafai and visual practice warlock. Tim tells us all about the Design the Box practice that gets teams visualizing all the good stuff about a product like features, goals, and maybe even a...

Finding where to apply your creative thinking to either improve a process or digitize it into software can be challenging. There's often much confusion as to what the process even looks like in its entirety - confusion amongst even those who use the process daily! Yep - that happens a LOT, folks 😅 But what if you could map out a process visualize and analyze it using plain language that brings all cross-functional skillsets together and aligned in understanding and focus? Joining us on this...

Ever feel like your team is stuck in its thinking? Having trouble doing big-idea ideation, and settling for small ideas that only result in incremental improvements? Wanna try to find that earth-shattering, futuristic idea that can capture the attention of your entire market? Well boy, do we have a solution for you 😃 Joining us on this episode is Ben Tinker, Graphic Facilitator and all-around-awesome-guy to talk to us about the Alternative Worlds practice...and what a Graphic Facilitator...

Icebreakers. Woof. We've seen them go well, and we've seen them...well....on the caliber of the Star Wars prequels. So what makes the good ones good and the bad ones bad? And what's the REAL point of icebreakers in the first place?? Do they even HAVE a point? SO MANY QUESTIONS!  Joining us on this episode is Jen Brown, founder, facilitator, curriculum designer, and organizer. Jen answers all out questions about icebreakers - like what makes a good icebreaker and how to pick the right one...

What do you mean I need to write down what it means for work to be ready and done? That's pretty obvious, isn't it Klint?? Jeez, Klint... Well guess what? Klint is right. How your team defines work that is ready to be picked up and when exactly it is fully completed may differ from the team next to you...and it should! On this episode, Brian Tomlinson, Transformation Architect at Red Hat, joins us to talk about the importance of clearly defining when work is ready and done for your...

We've all been there....stuck in a meeting where the agenda is boring and isn't discussing what we should REALLY be talking about... Well, good news! We got the fix with Lean Coffee! 😃 Joining us again with her energy, smarts, and passion for people is Prakriti Koller, North American Agile Lead at Red Hat. Prakriti walks us through how to facilitate a Lean Coffee session - a practice that democratically generates agendas for more valuable team conversations. That's right - the TEAM decides...

Want a dead-easy way to organize information and collaboratively prioritize it? Yes. Of course you do. I do, for crying out loud... On this episode, Jordi Calderon, UX Consultant at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, shows us a 1-2 punch for grouping information together and aligning on the most important insights/ideas for your team to explore first. For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠 ===== Red Breasted...

Do all members of your team share equal time in the spotlight? Or do your developers seems to be marginalized when credit is given to the team? On this episode, Serge Dibao, Engagement Lead at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, hits us with a thought-provoking episode centered on Developer Empathy. You learn what Dev Empathy is, why it's important, and how to be more intentional about it in your day-to-day product delivery. For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice...

Well hey there! It's been a while! Did you forget what we looked like? We sure did....yeesh. But hey, we're back and we're ready to get back into the rhythm of exploring team practices together 😃 This time around we're gonna shake things up a bit....take a listen as we talk about how the show is going to evolve now that 2021 is upon us. And as always, check out all the awesome team practices on Open Practice Library! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠 ===== Hit us up on Twitter:...

Why do so many teams wait to push an update until there's a huge amount of changes being made? That's just silly......silly, we say. Here's a pro tip - Small, regular code commits reduce the number of integration problems. That's what CI/CD is all about! On this episode, Tyler Auerbeck, Site Reliability Engineer at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, drops some knowledge about continuous Integration, Continuous delivery, and continuous deployment to help your team reduce busy work, improve...

Wanna learn a dead-simple way to align your team on what your CI/CD pipeline will look like? AND create a visual to explain how everything works together to stakeholders? Well, we got the answer for ya - The Big Picture 📸 The Big Picture is a practice that visualizes all the steps that a software pipeline goes through in moving code from source (eg git), through compile and test then into the hands of your users. Building it collaboratively is a great activity for a team to do, as it helps...

Constant improvement is something every team [should] strive for. Should. Seriously, they should....but how can you actually be intentional about it? Retrospectives - that's how!  On this episode we are joined by Mary Provinciatto,  Engagement Lead at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, to discuss the power of retrospectives and the many forms in which they come. For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠 ===== Sprint...

No, not that robot from a galaxy far, far away....this is T2R2! It's an online meeting method that encourages people to participate and respond in real time. It also helps make sure everyone who has something to contribute gets heard, with clear action items at the end. On this episode we are joined by Donna Benjamin, Asia-Pacific Engagement Lead at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, to dive into this seemingly simple practice that packs a real punch 👊 For this and other awesome team practices,...

MAN is team forming tough! Especially when remote! On this episode, we sit down with TerminusDB Director of Services Dmytri Kleiner who shares his thoughts on how to form high-performing teams quickly - both in person, and remotely. For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠 ===== Owl Bear:...

Hey hey hey 👋 Join us with our special guest Jonathan Courtney, CEO of AJ&Smart AND creator of the amazing Lightning Decision Jam - a workshop commonly referred to as "The Pierce Brosnan of Team Activities." The LDJ is an insanely flexible combination of exercises, taking the best of the world’s problem-solving processes and cramming them into a workshop that can solve almost any problem. This one's chock full of insights...and ridiculousness For this and other awesome team practices,...

Join us for a special Fireside Chat (I think?) episode where we sit down with a bunch of expert colleagues and chat about how they use the Open Practice Library to do  awesome stuff.  How to guide teams and organizations to enhance the delivery of business value. How they leveraged open practices to build communities that drive organizational innovation and transformation. Answers to common questions from the field. Provide examples of how to use the Open Practice Library.   For this...

Wanna know how to set a a solid team culture from day 1? On this episode, we sit down with Red Hat Open Innovation Labs Engagement Lead Omar McNeil to dive into Social Contracts as way to codify the behaviors and expectations of your team right off the bat!  For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠 ===== Social Contracts: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/social-contract/ Care Bear Stare:...

On this episode, we sit down with Red Hat Open Innovation Labs Senior Architect Patrick Carney to dive into Event Storming as way to align teams on a common understanding of the system they're building. Check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com ===== Event Storming: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/event-storming/ Cheetah facts: https://cheetah.org/learn/resource-library/ Value Slicing & User Story Mapping:...

We kick this podcast adventure off with Matt Takane, Red Hat Open Innovation Labs Agile Coach, giving us some background on what openpracticelibrary.com is and how it got started. This sets the stage for future episodes where we interview guests who've contributed to the Open Practice Library to discuss their favorite practices from the site. Check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com Connect with Matt: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matttakane Twitter:...