Only Way To Fail

This week the Garret forgets to type up the show description, Darrin and Tyler dig into what went well in 2020 and James sits back, judges, and takes credit. All this and more as the team wraps up 2020, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

00:00:00 - Pre Show

Broken tape measures

Big houses

Artificial vs real tree debate

Hint: Darin’s wrong

Lowe’s Christmas traditions and made up “jingles”

00:04:13 - Show Start

00:04:27 - Follow-Ups - 

Garret

Rock updates

(easily the most riveting follow-up yet)

Real time follow-up

Darin

Possible root issue to the loss of DK’s giggles and 3 progressively worse attempts at 3D printing

00:09:40 - The Headlines

Darin

Product System Performance

1,000 lead bullets and finally a lead cannonball

Too many “oops” in dev ops coding

Open calendar frees Darin up to get things done

James takes full credit as any proper CEO should 

Tyler

“Black Friday” hangover

Finally breathing again

Engineering LTM = Yahtzee 4 (again)

1 out of 2 rocks already complete

James takes full credit as any proper CEO should

Garret

LT LTM (still a shitty score)

Going too deep on root issues

James accurately places blame as any proper CEO should

All the good feels going into 2021

James

Vision - Company and Department level (1 and 3 year)

Castration...what...oh consternation

2021 = Focus on Customer Success

What if we don’t have an engineering department in 2021?

And a little “word candy” to finish it off

00:27:34 - Topic 2 (1) What has worked or went well?

If last week had us below the bar (and Darin made James cry)

Then this week takes us above it

Garret starts with Sales and Client Growth

Brief pause for Darin to gyrate on camera

Work From Home “Covid-19 Adjustment”

Providing great at home setups

15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

James rates Garret’s list live

Engineering Accomplishments

Ninety.io for managing EOS

16th Commitment to personal wellness and growth

Moving to an integrator and more…

James rates Tyler’s list live

Clear, quick, and decisive decisions surrounding Covid-19

Same Page meetings

CSC - Create. Share. Conflict.

Specialization throughout

Podcasting from an oven amongst others…

James rates Darin’s list live (ie. Darin tells James it’s all correct)

We learned and gained clarity

Started Only Way to Fail

“Infoplus Radio”

And Darin invents an app in his mind

Hint: It already exists

00:57:46 - Questions and Long Answers

Will the Infoplus LT be setting new year's resolutions for the company? What about OWTF resolutions?

Darin says “Themes” and here’s why

If rocks are "top priorities for the teams, expressed as 90 day projects" and those go well but the year is worse off, are the rocks not focused on the appropriate items? Or is that not the intended use of rocks?

I am curious, are the processes the same in creating rocks & scorecards?  Who creates them?  Defines milestones/targets?  What level is the buy-in? Leadership? Team?  Individual?

I think I'm also struggling to understand the balance between forming your thoughts *before* sharing or being a garden hose.  As a team that values transparency, it seems like you guys err on the side of stream of consciousness or trying to unpack feelings together. I'm curious how each of you approach that. What do you bring to the team and when; especially Garden Hose James (who's def not on vacay)?

Followed by 5 great minutes of random conversation around proper use of brackets

None → “( )” → “[ ]” → “{ }”

01:11:39 - End of Show 

Onlywaytofail.com - “The number 1 website for this podcast”.

01:13:18 - Aftershow  

Darin and his brand new “M1 Macbook Air”

Hosts, Garret Richardson, Tyler Samples, Darin Kelkhoff, and James Maes

Show Notes by Garret Richardson

Proofing and Title by Darin Kelkhoff

Editing, Mixing, and Mastering by Brenton Wainscott

This week the guys start a 3 part review of 2020 by discussing what hasn’t worked as the year comes to a close. Tyler forgets to “knock on wood”, James is a “blue headed octopus”, Garret threatens to bring out a pillow”y” bulldozer, and Darin takes full credit for the finance department.  All of that and an Apple Watch discussion.

00:00:00 - Pre Show

Poo, Candles, and Mouse Farts. (What are things that happen when James wonders before the show?)

00:02:15 - Show Start

00:02:27 - Follow-Ups - Review of S01E05 (the second episode we’ll never speak of again)

Darin’s Giggles

Self-rated as the BEST giggle on “radio”

“Pure Face-hole Joy”

EOS Police

No meeting needed - use the right terms please

00:21:47 - The Headlines

Darin

Tactical ToDo’s for Vision Rock

Product Board Progress

Production Performance

Tyler

Started the week rock-solid (forgot to “knock on wood”)

Data, Data, Data

Yahtzee 4 LTM

Garret

LT LTM Update (still below a 4)

Scorecard IDS

Rock Updates

1 Complete

6 “on track”

Day 11 of “75 Hard” and maybe in a fitness challenge with James?

Clicking things is hard

James’ version of headlines

Anger? Sadness? Feelings? - Yes

Lost focus - Growth outpaced teams

Are we ending the year worse off than we started?

Wants to blow up everything and take charge...kinda

Bulldozer feels...look out Infoplus!

Pre-maturely self-directed (swinging the pendulum to far)

00:45:14 - Topic 2 (1) What Didn’t / Isn’t Working as we Finish 2020

A podcast about fun, adventure, and struggles (or just struggles last 5 months) of running a high tech startup

James rates the departments on our 1-5 scale

Where are we now and what do we want to choose to change?

“Throwing the baby out with the bathwater”

Pillow”y” Garret appearance

Bulldozer → Forward → Push → Tree → Down

Hiring, People, Job Posting, Interviews (see previous 2 episodes)

A lot of “try harder” going on

CTO Darin takes full credit for finance

False dichotomy  - Points 2 through 7, sub-points A through Z

Leadership Levers: Talk, Hire and Fire, Get Involved

James is a “Blue Headed Octopus”

Garret’s silent head nods are podcast gold

James Exploring Options for solving issues

Key to any good solution = Yellow Legal Pads

Lots of Sad Faces

Taking failure and declaring it success - a simple trick

Garret’s angry appreciation

01:14:53 - Questions and Long Answers

Can you describe your interview process?

Interview Agenda (helps avoid ⅓ to ⅖ melting in James CEO interview)

Can you make a suggestion for people in jobs not doing quad 1 and quad 2 work?

When can we get Facilitator Ari on the show?

When James has word vomit on Slack, what’s his audience?

James’ Slack Word Vomit about S01E05 (with strategic use of ALL CAPS)

Note: Cheap things are cheap and they feel cheap

01:18:10 - End of Show 

If you’ve read this far you’ve experienced “easily the best part of the show”

01:18:10 - Aftershow  

Garret’s utilitarian use of an Apple Watch...and a sneaky humble brag

This week the guys reflect on last week's episode and an opportunity to be intentional about people and hiring. Tyler is the “Power House”, Darin drops the quotes, James gets a call from EOS, and Garret attempts to solve issues internally. All this and a 3 step formula for getting things done.

00:00:00 - Pre Show

Quilts in Cars?

Darin nearly froze to death 10 yards from the office

Self reporting 1 car accidents to police

Tyler is nearly defrauded

00:02:15 - Show Start

00:02:27 - Follow-Ups - Review of S01E05 (the second episode we’ll never speak of again)

James

Not Great (could be drama queen / vacation mode)

Led to “word vomit” in Slack

Takeaways (no blame or doubt)

Issues were all with Infoplus parts

Darin and Garret are asshats

We have an opportunity to be intentional

“Rattle the Drum?”

Garret

One of the best episodes to listen to yet

Yep, I was an asshat

re-delivering message to support

Darin

“Of course we messed up…”

Not a shock that the support message was what it was

To scared to listen to the rest of the show

All the self loathing

“You’ve known me longer than I’ve known myself”... What?

Abort, Abort

Tyler

Rock level CI vs sand level CI

Knowledge Base updates are the sand

00:21:47 - The Headlines

Darin

Performance “issues” around Black Friday

Pure James response to fixes

“This fella sees things that just continue to elude me”

End of the 90 Day Awesome Sauce Plan

Was it successful?

The trap of Darin’s “Zone of Genius”

Darin forgets to breathe?

James and Darin virtual fist fight (who’s scared of who?)

Holiday Peak Retro Results

Tyler

“The Holiday Effort”...did anything else happen?

100% focused on getting through

Out of quarantine!!

Garret

LT LTM Update - 3.18 score

Too many meetings below a 4

Hard IDS on Vision Rock

3 yahoos on that team

Trust and Integrity lacking?

Rocket Fuel Update - N/A

Rock Update - 6 of 7 on Track

Share headtrash and self blame

Best way to solve a problem is internalizing it and solving it in your head.

James (1 headline - several subpoints)

EOS police called

December vacation (may be more than 1 week of wind down)

Flex Alert! 

A man of two houses AND two offices

Vision Rock

James is kicking ass

People Vision

Onboarding Vision

Subpoint B3.A..AB - What James needs to do next year with leadership

Feedback on Tyler

“I feel like Tyler is actually the secret powerhouse of the group….I’d build an entire company of Tylers”

Darin takes complete credit for it.

00:45:14 - Topic 2 (1) Getting Things Done

Wanting to get things done, but not getting things done

Start by making your bed in the morning

Long Term indicators of Success

Ignoring all those

Short Term (now) - “Gotta Have a System”

3 Easy Steps

The closest thing to a magic bullet for “Getting Things Done”

Garret does things at night -- not ideal

Nailing step 1, missing 2 and 3

Letting go of the vine

Tyler accepts the “Power House” role

Shiny Objects get in the way

Of course Tyler gets shit done 

Impact of not working in Quad 1 and Quad 2

Missing the mark on Rocks and ZOG

Are D&E’s done with full integrity?

Darin - “Being somebody of exceptional ability, I never had to learn how to do hard things”

Fear comes along with change

The change formula (when you’ll change)

How do you eat a mountain?

How to guarantee nothing ever gets done.

01:14:53 - Questions and Long Answers

Garret, Do you have empathy in other areas of your life? 

Answer may surprise you

Darin would you link to the 4 parts of the appreciation recipe and share it?

Was James’ Jerry Mcguire letter a white paper?

01:18:10 - End of Show

Hosts, Garret Richardson, Tyler Samples, Darin Kelkhoff, and James Maes

Show Notes by Garret Richardson

Proofing and Title by Darin Kelkhoff

Editing, Mixing, and Mastering by Brenton Wainscott

This week the guys dive into Rocket Fuel and (un)healthy? V/I friction. Garret hits a homerun, James manages not to buy a laptop, Darin takes action and initiative and Tyler explores “robotic” appreciation. All this plus everything you need to know about the new M1 Mac.

00:00:00 - Pre Show

Tyler and Garret still in isolation

Darin can’t talk to humans

Interviewing candidates for unknown positions

More “Delilah” voice

00:03:30 - Show Start

00:03:45 - Follow-Ups - 8 seconds of pure gold

00:03:53 - The Headlines

Darin

Progress on accepting “short weeks” at work

Action and Initiative?

Wait...where is Darin recording from this week?

Tyler

Big Sprint Release

“Large stories are hard”

Engineering LTM Update

Production Performance

What do we know, what can we fix?

Garret

Challenges of Covid quarantine

“Drunken Raccoon” project update

Support Quarterly Review 

Quick, Correct, Empathetic, Less (are they all equal?)

Rock Updates - All on track (sort of)

James - Just 2 headlines this week

Immediate segue:

Real time follow up

Wanting vs Willing

Couldn’t disagree more with Support Review

“We don’t want all the continuous improvement, just ¼ of supports effort”

Garret takes over James’ headlines

Back to James…

Vision and Ethos for Infoplus

Strategy for each department

People, Product, Sales, Financials

00:28:48 - Topic 2 (1) - Gratitude and Appreciation (it’s Thanksgiving week after all)

You’ll never guess who’s grateful for StarTrek

Recipe for giving good appreciation

Candor and unarguable truths and more

“Seeing specific details like the people that taste the wine with nuts and chocolate”

Gratitude makes Garret angry?

“This week the ‘asshole’ is played by Garret”

Six year old Garret hit a homerun and didn’t get proper appreciation

Giving robotic appreciation

If others are expecting it, then I can’t give it?

Being vs Showing appreciation

James’ morning check in routine

James has a physical inability to do things that aren’t genuine

Watershed moments for James

01:00:00 - Questions and Long Answers?

New Accountability chart, is that happening soon?

When does James’ December vacation start?

01:02:55 - End of Show 

We’re on YouTube

01:04:02 - After Show - Nerd Alert

Everything you need to know about the new M1 Mac

This week someone other than Darin sings, The team poory defines teams, no one remembers the idea of what a headline is, Garret is out on vacation again, and Tyler has emotions.  All of this plus getting to the right keyboard, mouse, and trackpad on this weeks show. 

00:00:00 - Pre Show

James singing = Nose Hairs, Sad Trombones and Coffee Enimas

00:03:17 - Show Start

00:03:45 - Follow-Ups

James gives a helpful explanation of a white paper

Tyler explains G,W,C

Darin explain why a “WMS” is a “TLA”

James turns follow ups into

A “Jerry Maguire letter”

M1 Mac event

Company Ethos

Real time follow up from DK...What is Ethos?

00:21:35 - The Headlines

Darin

LT LTM Update “scored close to a 4”

Product Rock Update

ProductBoard…”its a board for product”

Tyler

Rock Updates

Emotions tied to Covid exposure

James - “I just have 6 headlines”

Unsure where 1 begins and 6 ends, but they’re all in here

Single threaded internal CPU

James gets promoted from couch to garden hose

Projecting onto others

Darin’s Delilah voice

Sh*tty first draft of investor deck

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

00:41:56 - Topic of the Day is … maybe...

Working in teams...no

A programming competition...no

Relearning hard lessons...no

7 years of the greatest programming competition...no

Working heads down on my own...no

Yep...teams...definitely working in teams

If you want to go fast

If you want to go far

Small Teams

Large Teams

Individuals within teams

Team of Teams

S.T.D.s (small team dynamics)

Why teams exist

01:07:56 - Q&A

Psycho Babble?

Is OWTF on Youtube, still a podcast?

Is James a “bear” to virtual people?

01:11:29 - End of Show 

“Garret’s not funny at all...somehow these show notes are”.

01:13:44 - After Show

Cold wet bellies...and...Mac Hardware

There is no right or wrong here...just right

Trackpads

Mouse

Keyboard

Hosts, Garret Richardson, Tyler Samples, Darin Kelkhoff, and James Maes

Show Notes by Garret Richardson

Proofing and Title by Darin Kelkhoff

Editing, Mixing, and Mastering by Brenton Wainscott

Just a really big hard show this week. 

00:00:00 - Pre Show

Things Garret never says for $100 please

“Sears craftsman tools” style homes?

“Wanting vs Willing” to do it

Terrible Energy to start….(except Tyler, he’s at peak energy)

00:02:40 - Show Start

00:06:20 - Follow-Ups

Garret

Vacation - Played some golf, cleaned the house

Rocks Update

2 Off Track

Communication and Alignment

Rocket Fuel Update

James

Jihari’s Window - What is it?

Open Self

Hidden Self

Blind Self

Unknown Self

“If I don’t know, and you don’t know, how do we even know”

00:12:37 - The Headlines

Darin

Product Team Update

Great news - Product team launched an LTM

Bad news - Product team launched an LTM

Maybe we all need to get on the same page?

….Darin takes an oxygen break……

Dr. Karla Scott update

Darin has his head squarely up his …

Tyler

We all have our heads up our …

Feeling very below the bar

Engineering LTM update...why a 3.25 / 5?

Garret

Personal Update

Dad Group

LT - LTM Update

James

FUD on the “Big Bet” Infoplus is making

Productivity Hacks

Obsidian

Hook Productivity

OmniFocus

OmniOutliner - TBD for James

Apple Calendar (iCal)

Day One

AirMail

Keyboard Maestro

Bear Subculture (a secret indulgence for James)

The warm embrace of James

00:51:43 - Topic of the Day - Our Employee Onboarding...what works? Or Doesn’t?

The first week is great

Mentoring is awesome

Training on actual jobs may be broke

2 huge key things for us in 2021

Doing great at hiring on core values but skills and experience?

Building Teams, Building Multiple Teams, and Building Teams that Build Teams

We have blogs...they help

Training on our actual product may be broke

Vision will be helpful

STDs (Small Team Dynamics)

01:10:29 - Q&A

None this week

01:10:42 - End of Show 

Onlywaytofail.com - Ranked the #1 website for THIS podcast

01:12:06 - After Show

“Smash that stop button!”

Hosts, Garret Richardson, Tyler Samples, Darin Kelkhoff, and James Maes

Show Notes by Garret Richardson

Proofing and Title by Darin Kelkhoff

Editing, Mixing, and Mastering by Brenton Wainscott

This week everyone forgets what headlines mean. Garret rocks Rocks with Rocket Fuel. Darin focuses on correcting himself and being more correct and being meta about being even more correct. James doesn’t understand ADHD. And Tyler continues to just be awesome. The team digs into the current inflection point Infoplus is at and pushes into the next level of scale and growth. 

00:00:00 - Pre Show

Garret tries O’fallon pumpkin beer - immediately goes back to Natty Lite

00:01:11 - Show Start

00:01:29 - Follow-Ups (with fun new lead in)

Garret

Rocket Fuel Book Club

Grading Garret as an integrator

Identified some areas to work on

Garret learns the word “HOW”

Company Rocks

7 Rocks taken - 7 Rocks on track

James

James version of ADHD is laser focusing on a single issue

Jahari’s Window

Ongoing Board Disagreement

To Me = Reactive

Garret “Back Door’s” it

Darin (Maybe the start of HEADLINES)

“Listener Darin” caught a mistake that “Podcast Darin” made on StarTrek

Conscious Leadership book club

Amazing insights gained

Amazing insights dispersed to his “mentee” (AKA Jackson)

Darin as a villain?

00:24:30 - The Headlines

Darin

See above

Tyler 

He’s back to work

Passion projects

Great LTM and Retrospective...without Darin

Garret

Jim and Diana book club

If I see a “problem”, I’m not above the line

LT LTM - 3.8 score

Newer Leadership Team member gives Garret all the feels

James

Last week’s (or yesterday’s) Onboarding same page meeting

Where are we now and what do we want to create next

All things focused on the Board conflict

All the want to shift, can’t get there

Mac Power Users Episode 560

IQ = CPU

Can’t change the “CPU”, but can change the software (“brainware”) that you run on your CPU

00:46:52 - Topic 2 (1) - Be the company Darin and James want to work at...what!?

Company Vision - Finally codifying the details

What does it actually mean to each of us?

Garret

It’s not EOS or 15 Commitments

It’s not the outcome

Tyler

It’s not Blame or Doubt

It’s not a lack of challenges

Darin

It’s not a “giant” company

It’s not a “shitty small” company

It’s not Darin’s ego

James - “A is equal to A”

It’s not driven by money

It’s not monoculture 

It’s not unhealthy conflict

It’s not fuzzy

It’s not a fear of failure

It’s not unhealthy for families or people

It’s not “top - down”

00:65:00 - Q&A

You all use curious and grateful, not usually associated with senior leadership. What does this look like / mean?

Darin said Jame’s almost brought him to tears. Why does James make people cry?

Somehow through commitment 7 “Generating Appreciation”

Openness and Sharing your “Identi-trees”, wow who does that?

Can you share Dr. Karla Scott’s bio?

00:66:24 - End of Show 

Lucy the Dog

00:68:40 - After Show

All the election chatter - and Tyler’s addiction to updates

Hosts, Garret Richardson, Tyler Samples, Darin Kelkhoff, and James Maes

Show Notes by Garret Richardson

Proofing and Title by Darin Kelkhoff

Editing, Mixing, and Mastering by Brenton Wainscott

This week James gets fired as CEO, hired back as a DevOps engineer, and then makes his way up the corporate ladder to be CEO of Infoplus all in a day. At the same time, Garret learns how to fly to the moon, Tyler discovers how to vacation, and Darin falls in love. All of this and more as the team works through another tough week scaling the company and having fun along the way.

00:00:00 - Pre Show

Garret hires James back to Infoplus?

Tyler’s back (but still on vacation)

00:01:11 - Show Start

A show about three nerds and a business guy and the daily struggles, fun, and adventure of scaling a high-tech startup

00:01:29 - Follow-Ups (with fun new lead in)

What is our 16th Commitment / Learning Calendar

Session with Dr. Karla Scott (St. Louis University) scholar on race and communication

She has all the credidations...no...credentials...no...ACCREDITATIONS...Yes!

Real time follow up on the session

Lots of anxiety across the team

Fear from James

 Laying the foundation - environment shapes perspective

Living in Simulator?

Rocket Fuel Update

Company Rock Progress

Listener Brandy Feedback

Don’t break major news to your wife via Podcast

Revisionist History

Firing Clients...really?

00:24:30 - The Headlines

Darin:

Kids back at school

Barking Dogs

Tiny Violins

Mom & Dad quality time

James -

Can you operate on (-) negative points

Board fighting…

Shifting in Radical Responsibility

Get bigger or smaller (no staying the same)

Upward Death Spiral

Exit Plan / Transitioning Out

Rocket Fuel F.U.D.

Own it / Sky’s the limit

Tyler - 

Completely unplugged Vaca

Exceeded “200 output” barrier!?!?

Garret

ToDo Not Done - Renegotiating impeccable agreements

LTM - 4+ Rating overall

Tough IDS Session leads to Tiger Team

00:46:52 - Topic 2 (1) - Fundraising

It’s Time, Grow or Die, All the Fear

$$ is the number 1 impediment to supporting growth

Pouring Gas on the Fire

Burning $4MM 

Back of napkin math

Inflection Points

V1 - Create a Product

V2 - Create a Business

V3 - Create an Outcome

Excitement may outweigh the fear

00:65:00 - Q&A

Send in questions and we’ll be able to actually have this segment!

[I assume we’re so clear and articulate they may simply not exist]

00:66:24 - End of Show (The Sing Out)

Embrace the awkward silence (radio gold)

00:68:40 - After Show

Darin goes “Deep Nerd” on “Deep Space Nine”...nope Discovery)

Hosts, Garret Richardson, Tyler Samples, Darin Kelkhoff, and James Maes

Show Notes by Garret Richardson

Proofing and Title by Darin Kelkhoff

Editing, Mixing, and Mastering by Brenton Wainscott

For the start of Season 1(2) we have a computer that types loudly, an interesting list of things that Garret does not engage in, Todo’s not done, and a collection of ass-hat flexes. All of this and more as the team gets back together for another season of scaling a high-tech startup! 

00:00:00 - Pre Show

Mechanical Keyboards

Neti Pots

Dynamite Drop-ins

No Tyler this week

The “flexes” begin

00:01:28 - Show Start

New “Bat Time” / Same “Bat Show”

Darin lets devices tell him how to feel?

00:03:57 - Follow-Ups (with fun new lead in)

Back from a 1 month break (maybe 1 week)

Darin Got Sleep, James is amped up, Garret is giddy

2 of 3 solve problems, James absolutely does not

Strong “flexes” throughout

2 Todos not done

Tyler’s remote “flex” with a recording No Show

00:13:58 - The Headlines

Darin:

No more “pitter-patter”

Moments of Magic and Z.O.G.

Darin can hire people!

Garret

Rocket Fuel Book Club

Rocks = Pushing

New LTM and new routine

James - 3 “quick” points

“Meta EOS”

Seeing himself in clients

Asshat-ness

James is melting away

Growth Capital Journey Begins 

00:32:13 - Topic 1 - Hitting the Ceiling (take it in, there’s only one topic this week)

“Back to the Basics” check list

Simplify

Delegate

Predict

Systematize

Structure

Gotta do the hard work

Right People / Right Seats; Wrong People / Wrong Seats

Makes you do things you don’t want to do (remove the fear around people)

Can a department self identify that they have hit a ceiling?

One final flex 

Oops….one more flex

00:47:55 - Questions and Long Answers?

Level 1 or Level 2 day. What does that mean?

00:50:10 - End of Show (The Sing Out)

Who’s the best drummer ever?

00:51:03 - After Show

Darin explains the “nerd” version of V/I (SPOILER ALERT: it involves a ton of “modes”)

Vi(M) - The Programmers Text Editor

This week we discuss beers, define FOMO for James, Darin embraces a shift, James claims he’s not useless and spits beer through his nose, all while executing a retro on the inaugural season (S0) and solving some issues around a potential second season (S1).

00:00:00 - Pre Show

IPAs, Microbrews, Snicklefritz and all the other things.

00:02:46 - Show Start

00:03:01 - Season 0 (ie. season 1) - Live Retro “30” ish minutes

Opening Tangent - Office move out adventures

The Agenda

Set the stage 

Gather Data (starts/stops, lacks/wants, keep/kills)

BrainStorming (grouping/discussing/taking issues)

Solutions (IDS live)

Conclusion

00:18:18 - Set the Stage - lets kick this retro off

MEPS (meeps, mips) - how are we all feeling?

Shift Move - bringing Darin back above the bar

2 Versions of James (spoiler alert: neither include empathy)

FOMO - one of us had no clue what it means and when it peaked in society

Opening Segue - How we start every meeting (reminder of CV’s, Commitments)

00:19:28 - Gather Data (AKA: Podcast Audio Gold)

Three Each Person on:

What went well? 

What didn’t go well? 

What we learned?

Where did we fall short of expectations?

What Went Well:

Drum Beats, Sharing, and more…

What Didn’t Go Well: (This segment interrupted by “James spits his beer out”)

What We Learned:

Why this podcast is the Meta, Meta discussion and “gosh darnit, people like us”

Where we fell short:

Great leaders set clear(ly) low expectations

00:43:01 - BrainStorm (AKA: More Audio Podcast Gold) 

Fun and Tears

Tweed Jackets

Nice “Clusters”

Oh...and 9 actual issues to a potential second season (S1)

00:57:56 - Solutions (James pulls rank on a podcast of “seemingly” peers?)

Are we going to do a second season?

Oysters and Pearls?

“The Show Must Go On”

We take away 4 Todos (follow up on ToDos next week)

Making up new acronyms (CSC?)

01:20:08 - Conclusion -  Wrapping up our retro and the show in just under “30” ish minutes (total edit fail)

Quick Reflection

Overall Rating (1-5) on the Inaugural season of Only Way To Fail

Hosts, Garret Richardson, Tyler Samples, Darin Kelkhoff, and James Maes

Show Notes by Garret Richardson

Proofing and Title by Darin Kelkhoff

Editing, Mixing, and Mastering by Brenton Wainscott