Tactics for Tech Leadership Podcast

Category: Episodes

  • S3E15 – Vacationcast: An Announcement

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    Show Notes  In this special ‘vacation cast’ episode, Andy shares an important announcement. Transcript Andy: Welcome back! This time it’s a vacation cast with me, Andy, and Mon-Chaio is probably away on Easter holidays while I’m recording this. So normally in my vacation cast I talk about something that I’ve been reading, something I’ve been…

  • S3E14 – Does the Empiricism of TSP Provide a Path Forward?

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    Show Notes Andy and Mon-Chaio continue their journey into organizational models by discussing the Team Software Process (TSP). They touch briefly on the origins and history of TSP, its relationship with the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) from Carnegie Mellon, and how it helps teams organize their software development processes. The discussion takes a turn to…

  • S3E13 – Chaos and Leadership: Lessons from the Alien Chess Philosophy

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    Show Notes In this episode, Mon-Chaio and Andy dive into the intriguing concept of ‘Alien Chess’ and its relation to leadership and organizational diagnosis. They reflect on its connection with the four spheres of knowledge discussed in the previous episode and critically analyze its validity as a system within organizations. They draw parallels from the…

  • S3E12 – The 4 Spheres of Knowledge for Diagnosis

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    Show Notes  In this episode of Tactics for Tech Leadership, Andy and Mon-Chaio dive into the discipline of organizational diagnosis through the lens of the paper ‘Organizational Diagnosis: an Evidence-Based Approach’ by McFillen, Balzer, Varney, and O’Neil. They discuss the need for a rigorous approach to diagnosis in organizational design and change. The focus is…

  • S3E11 – Value and Validity of Culture Surveys

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    Show Notes In this episode of The TTL Podcast, Mon-Chaio and Andy dive deep into the world of employee surveys. They discuss whether these surveys truly work, their best practices, and the research behind them. Exploring the role of culture in company performance, they uncover the nuances of implementing and interpreting surveys. The episode provides…

  • S3E10 – SWIFTly Understanding Failure Modes

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    Show Notes  In this Tactics for Tech Leadership podcast episode, Andy and Mon-Chaio explore SWIFT (Structured What If Technique). While traditionally seen as a technical tool for failure analysis, the hosts consider its potential applications in leadership and organizational contexts. Listeners will learn how SWIFT can help anticipate system failures even before they occur, from…

  • S3E9 – Accountability Without Knowing

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    Show Notes In this episode, Mon-Chaio and Andy delve deep into the nuances of accountability at high organizational levels, particularly within the C-suite. They explore the challenges of holding executives accountable for outcomes, especially when their roles and processes are not fully understood by their peers. The conversation includes discussions on the differences between process…

  • S3E8 – 5 Dysfunctions of a Team

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    Show Notes  Andy and Mon-Chaio explore Patrick Lencioni’s concept of the five dysfunctions of a team, discussing how absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, and inattention to results interrelate to impact team performance. They reflect on their own experiences and the importance of productive conflict, peer accountability, and commitment…

  • S3E7 – Decoding Organizational Cultures

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    Show Notes In this week’s episode of The TTL Podcast, Mon-Chaio and Andy delve into Ron Westrom’s influential paper, “A Typology of Organizational Cultures.” The hosts unpack the compelling insights and frameworks posited by Westrom, which categorize organizational cultures into Pathological, Bureaucratic, and Generative types. Mon-Chaio and Andy also share personal anecdotes and practical examples,…

  • S3E6 – 6 Box Model

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    Show Notes Andy and Mon-Chaio explore Marvin Weisbord’s Six Box Model, a framework from the 1970s for diagnosing organizational issues. They explain each of the six parts of the model: purpose, structure, relationships, rewards, leadership, and helpful mechanisms, and then illustrate it being used to assess an example software development company. Listeners will learn how…