I get to chat with Andrew Clay Shafer in this episode. Andrew was one of the original pioneers of the DevOps movement. His presentation titled "There Is No Talent Shortage" has always been one of my favorite DevOps presentations. We talked about Andrew's background and how he got into Dr. Deming. He also spoke about his ideas about learning organizations and other interesting topics. It was a great way to end the season. For many years, Andrew has been a mentor and a friend to me. 

I talked with Tom Geraghty in session. Physiological safety is Tom's passion. He tells me a bit about his journey with Dr. Deming. After that, we dive deep into the topic of physiological safety. It was a great session. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 

Tom’s Website
https://tomgeraghty.co.uk/

This podcast is the last podcast of 2021 and marks the end of season #1. I do a quick overview and review of the podcast over the year.  I wanted to thank the following guests: 

Ben Rockwood (@benr)
Doris Quinn
Mary and Tom Poppendieck (@mpoppendieck)
Jeffrey Fredrick (@Jtf)
George Dekker (@GeorgeDekker)
Dr. Steven Spear (@StevenJSpear)
Courtney Kissler (@chawklady)
Josh Corman (@joshcorman)
Kevin Behr (@kevinbehr)
Elisabeth Hendrickson (@testobsessed)
harper (@harper)
Carmen DeArdo 
Dennis Schlagheck 
Glenn Wilson (@GlennDynaminet)
Mark Burgess (@markburgess_osl)
John Waraniak (@JohnWaraniak)
Steve Pereira (@SteveElsewhere)
Jabe Bloom (@cyetain)
Paula Thrasher (@paula_thrasher)
Dominica DeGrandis (@dominicad)
Laksh Raghavan (@laraghavan)
Tom Geraghty (@tom_geraghty)
Andrew Clay Shafer (@littleidea)

This is part 2 of my podcast with Laksh Raghavan.

I met Laksh Raghavan through a Twitter dispute on Pragmatism and Epistemology.  We decided to hop on a zoom session to discuss it.  After about 5 minutes I realized I was out of my element. Laksh really knew his stuff. We decided to do a podcast. This is the first part of a two part series. We cover a lot of interesting ground regarding general philosophy, Pragmatism, Epistemology, and Systems Thinking. If you liked my previous podcast with Jabe Bloom should enjoy this podcast as well. 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/laraghavan/

I met Laksh Raghavan through a Twitter dispute on Pragmatism and Epistemology.  We decided to hop on a Zoom session to discuss it.  After about 5 minutes I realized I was out of my element. Laksh really knew his stuff. We decided to do a podcast. This is the first part of a two-part series. We cover a lot of interesting ground regarding general philosophy, Pragmatism, Epistemology, and Systems Thinking. If you liked my previous podcast with Jabe Bloom should enjoy this podcast as well. 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/laraghavan/

Dominica DeGrandis is my guest on this episode. In 2010, Dominica and I met at the first US DevOps Days. We discuss the early DevOps Days and the Kanban game in this episode. We also discuss her work on making work visible and the five thieves of time. Every time I speak with Dominica, it is always a great conversation. Here are a few links:

https://itrevolution.com/making-work-visible-by-dominica-degrandis/
https://itrevolution.com/immersion/
 linkedin.com/in/dominicadeg

Paula is a veteran DevOps participant. She has managed some of the largest and most difficult transformations in our industry. I get the chance to pick Paula's brain about leadership at scale. 

Jabe Bloom and I talk about Dr. Deming's Theory of Knowledge in this episode. We learn about pragmatism and epistemology from Jabe. As he proceeds, he mentions Dr. Shewhart's work at Hawthorne as well as Ohno and Lean, all related to Deming's System of Profound Knowledge lens of Theory of Knowledge. If you've enjoyed the podcast so far, you'll want to listen to this episode. Check out Jabe's work here: 

http://blog.jabebloom.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jabebloom/

Steve and I talk about early DevOpsDays, Value Streams, Flow, Systems Thinking and of course Dr. Deming. Give talks about his thought about Dr. Deming's System of Profound Knowledge. We cover a lot of ground in this podcast.  I'm sure you will enjoy it.  You can find a link to all of the cool things Steve is working on here: 

https://vzbl.io/links

John Waraniak is my guest in this episode. John has over 25 years of experience in automotive, motorsports, aerospace, and consumer products. He has extensive experience in vehicle systems engineering, motorsports program management, and lean product development. When he was at General Motors, John worked directly with Dr. Deming. In addition, he studied under Peter Senge. This is a great interview. At Indianapolis Raceway, he will organize the first autonomous race later this month (Oct 2023). According to John, like many on this podcast, it all started with Dr. Deming. Check out his profile here: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-waraniak-a56ab26/