A funny thing happened on the way to SPaMCAST 816, I had so much fun during our first Summer Camp session I talked Jeremy into letting me share the audio of our discussion on the podcast. We discussed goal conflicts, the first of eight work intake problems, from our book, Mastering Work Intake. If the video is more your style check out the video on LinkedIn and then join us at 11:30 EDT on June 16th. This week we also have a visit from Jon M Quigley. Jon and I discussed the question "If all work is collaborative, when do you find time to concentrate?" Learn To Tame Your Work Intake Beast! Jeremy Willets and I are celebrating summer in the northern hemisphere with a summer camp. We'll look at the primary causes of work intake problems… and how to solve them! Join us for an entertaining and informative LinkedIn Live event. The next weekly session begins at 11:30 EDT on June 16th. Each session will: Define one work intake problem per session, Identify how to recognize the problem, Offer a pragmatic approach to tackling the issue, and At least one scary story of work entry gone wrong (this is summer camp) We would like you to register at our Maven page https://bit.ly/3HEsKK7 so we can remind you when the session goes live. If you register we also have a Work Intake Problem Worksheet that we use in our workshops that we will email. However, if you'd rather not register on Maven you can set a reminder on LinkedIn at https://bit.ly/4b8qtTu. In either case, we will announce when the sessions go live on LinkedIn. Replay Week 1: Goal Conflict Feel free to share the invitation with others. Remind everyone to use sunscreen! Re-read Saturday News Chapter 4 of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Flow is titled The Conditions of Flow. Flow states just don't occur randomly. They require several factors to align. Some factors can be "arranged" while others are context-driven or part of a large feedback loop. I find three concepts central to Chapter 4. Buy a copy and read along – https://amzn.to/4b5kPmb Week 1: Preface and Logistics – https://bit.ly/3WLjFHU Week 2: Happiness – https://bit.ly/4dUSpNg Week 3: Consciousness – https://bit.ly/4bEu3pN Week 4: Enjoyment and The Quality of Life – https://bit.ly/4eeknDQ Week 5: The Conditions Of Flow Next SPaMCAST On the next Software Process and Measurement Cast, we will talk with Artem Koren, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of - Sembly AI One of the topics we discussed is whether building an AI solution is different than building any other solution.