Flâner

Flâner

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Flâner episodes

  • The Lenses We Use
    The Flâneurs discuss the way they approach entering a new system: what lenses do they use? How do they tailor their help to the needs of the client? Mostly, Dan just wants to know - Is Kanban Matt’s “silver bullet”?

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    38 min
  • Agile Coaching is Jollof Rice

    Is there such a thing as “Agile”? Is there such a thing as an “Agile Coach”?


    The Flâneurs discuss recent debates about whether “Agile” or “Agile Coaching” exist and arrive at the conclusion that, like Jollof Rice, the world is better off having multiple versions, each of which has its place in the right context.

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    40 min
  • Don't Make a Big Deal About Change

    The Flânuers discuss start talking about Matt’s recent LinkedIn post where he muses about how to help without making a big deal of it and then meander through the side streets and alleys adjoining that road.


    Is it necessary to do “double work” and work in both the old and new ways to beget the change you want? How do you deal with “micromanagers”? When is coaching effective and when might it backfire? How to the principles of Kanban come into play?

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    49 min
  • Product Discovery
    The Flânuers with special guest Ange Hilton discuss their observations about product discovery in the wild.

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    40 min
  • Return to Office – Yea or Nea?
    The Flânuers discuss return-to-office policies after seeing and engaging with posts on the topic over the past week. Where are people at their best? Is there a one-size-fits-all approach? What are the pros and cons of in-office work?

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    38 min
  • You Can’t Build a Better SAFe
    The Flânuers with guest Pete Anderson riff on a conversation that begins around the notion that you can't build a better SAFe and meanders through topics surrounding transformative change efforts.

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    51 min
  • (Mis)understanding "Fail Fast"
    The Flâneurs discuss the term “fail fast” and how it is both understood and misunderstood. Is there a better way to express the ethos of the term using different language?

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    34 min
  • Alistair Cockburn's Post It
    The Flâneurs discuss Alistair Cockburn's recent social media post featuring a handwritten Post It note. What does it mean that we have micro level controls but at a macro level we don't know where we're going?

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    32 min

About Flâner

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The Flâneurs - Dan, Matt, and Sandjiri - meander through topics of the day related to making the working world a better, happier, more productive place.


One of the Flâneurs chooses a…