Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share 077: Creating Space to Shine with Anjuan Simmons
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
077: Creating Space to Shine with Anjuan Simmons
RubyConf 2017: Lending Privilege by Anjuan Simmons
01:18 – Anjuan’s Superpower: Flexibility
04:55 – Cultivating Variety on Teams
08:22 – What makes a great team?
13:46 – Empowering Others
19:21 – Culture Fit
21:24 – The Tension Between Structure and Agency
24:35 – Creating Space for People to Shine
33:46 – Responses to “Weirdness”
38:27 – Building Constructive and Authentic Relationships with People
41:12 – Having Visible Differences on Teams
43:53 – “Othering”
49:29 – Earning Trust by Listening to People
Reflections:
Sam: Safety can improve teams and lead to wonderful harmonies.
Rein: Building caring and genuine relationships with other people and valuing them for who they are.
Janelle: Getting to know people and giving them space to take off their masks to be their unique selves.
Anjuan: Safety is a foundational aspect of life.
This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode.
To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.
Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!
Special Guest: Anjuan Simmons.
Sponsored By:
- O'Reilly Media: Support for the Greater Than Code podcast comes from O’Reilly Fluent and Velocity conferences. Taking place in San Jose, California, June 11-14, it’s the best place to get the latest in software development, performance, operations, resilience, and so much more. Early Price ends next Friday, May 4th. Register with code GTC20 to save up to $599 on your pass! Learn more at http://oreil.ly/2o07Ufw. Promo Code: GTC20
Support Greater Than Code
View all episodes
By Mandy Moore
4.8
4242 ratings
RubyConf 2017: Lending Privilege by Anjuan Simmons
01:18 – Anjuan’s Superpower: Flexibility
04:55 – Cultivating Variety on Teams
08:22 – What makes a great team?
13:46 – Empowering Others
19:21 – Culture Fit
21:24 – The Tension Between Structure and Agency
24:35 – Creating Space for People to Shine
33:46 – Responses to “Weirdness”
38:27 – Building Constructive and Authentic Relationships with People
41:12 – Having Visible Differences on Teams
43:53 – “Othering”
49:29 – Earning Trust by Listening to People
Reflections:
Sam: Safety can improve teams and lead to wonderful harmonies.
Rein: Building caring and genuine relationships with other people and valuing them for who they are.
Janelle: Getting to know people and giving them space to take off their masks to be their unique selves.
Anjuan: Safety is a foundational aspect of life.
This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode.
To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.
Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!
Special Guest: Anjuan Simmons.
Sponsored By:
- O'Reilly Media: Support for the Greater Than Code podcast comes from O’Reilly Fluent and Velocity conferences. Taking place in San Jose, California, June 11-14, it’s the best place to get the latest in software development, performance, operations, resilience, and so much more. Early Price ends next Friday, May 4th. Register with code GTC20 to save up to $599 on your pass! Learn more at http://oreil.ly/2o07Ufw. Promo Code: GTC20
Support Greater Than Code