Author: Andrew Parker

  • S1E4 – The Why and How of Delegation

    Show Notes We explore delegation: why to do it and how to do it. The discussion ranges widely between the approaches the Prussian military used to command its forces to the ideas of the situational leadership model. Opening quote from page 189 of the book “The Art of Action” by Stephen Bungay. References Transcript Andy:…

  • S1E3 – Organizing to Learn

    Show Notes In this episode, we explore the ideas from the book Teaming about how to organise to learn. Organising to learn takes framing to learn, psychological safety, learning from failure, and crossing boundaries. The opening quote is from chapter one of the book “Teaming” by Amy Edmonson. References: Transcript Andy: In some respects, organizing…

  • S1E2 – Longevity of Team Boundaries

    Show Notes Andy and Mon-Chaio contemplate how often team boundaries should change, what impacts changing boundaries has, and some tactics for making boundary changes easier. References Transcript Andy: that curiosity and empathy is needed from the leaders as well to understand what dynamics they have. Understand why that’s happening and have empathy for the choices…

  • S1E1 – Analysing a team situation using BART

    Show Notes In this inaugural episode of the Tactics for Technical Leadership (TTL) podcast, Mon-Chaio and Andy discuss the BART (Boundary, Authority, Role Task) framework for analysing group dynamics and apply it to a situation that Mon-Chaio encountered with two teams. Referenced materials: Transcript Hey, mania. What’s up? Hey, Andy. So we finally have a…