Red Taped

Bargain bins are usually home to knock off sneakers, workout DVDs, XXXL- or XXXS -sized clothing, expired gourmet condiments, and misfit toys, but this week we struck gold by finding a copy of the management fable, Chess not Checkers by Mark Miller.  This short fictional story about Blake, a former douche turned CEO, carefully balances leadership insight with cheesy story-telling.  This is a fun discussion that includes, multiple movie/tv quotes, fond memories of our former purveyor of ointments, the strange overlap of crazy and genius, drinking like your grandpa, and the subtle art of getting employees to fire themselves.

Do you rue the day you discovered this podcast?  Do you have a book idea? Do you want us to do more fiction, academic, or classic texts?  Let us know by leaving a review or contacting us at: [email protected] (email), @RedTapedPodcast (Twitter), or at   http://redtaped.libsyn.com/ (website).

Drink: Gin & Tonic

Show Schedule:

1/28- I Moved Your Cheese by Deepak Malhotra

2/11- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

2/25- The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams

3/11- Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

References and Attributes:

Interview with author Mark Miller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr0arxOxz3s&list=LLr-99XFH1ODOK52gAJk1Jjw&index=4&t=17s

Quotes:

Opening: TV, The Wire from the episode “The Buys” 2002

Interlude: Film, Training Day, 2001

Closing:  Film, Independence Day, 1996

The holidays are upon us and we have been making ready for the long winter ahead by developing a thick layer of bearcat blubber.  In the long tradition of radio shows, TV sitcoms, and podcasts, we present you with our holiday episode.  In lieu of the usual end of year rankings, we are revisiting our previous “tape (like) or toss (dislike)” verdicts and attempting to provide very short summaries of each book we covered during 2018. (Yes, all 8 books, a truly massive undertaking).  To wit, we are slacking off a bit but still providing some Grade A Prime aural delights.   

Happy holidays and we wish you a truly “tape-able” 2019!  Start 2019 legit and make the resolution to send us a book recommendation, contact information at:  http://redtaped.libsyn.com/

1. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

Andy- Tape:  “Take responsibility for everything.”

Larry- Tape:  “Leadership is the careful balancing of complex and often conflicting forces but a leader’s default action should be ownership of all things under his/her purview

1. Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun by Wess Roberts

Andy- Toss:  “Generic business wisdom of a famous warlord.”

Larry- Toss:  “Welcome constructive conflict and use it to grow, inform decisions, and build alliances.”

1. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Andy- Tape:  “Be nice to everyone, always.”

Larry- Tape:  “Getting people to like you starts with understanding and using the narcissism that exists in everyone.”

1. Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson

Andy- Tape:   “Embrace change, even when it sucks.”

Larry- Tape:  “Change is inevitable, be prepared, look for it, accept it when it comes, and take appropriate and immediate action to respond.

1. Inside Bureaucracy by Anthony Downs

Andy- Toss:  “Bearcats are people too—motivated by greed, pride, and envy.”

Larry- Toss:  “To understand a bureaucracy you must understand the mission of the organization and the self-interested, motives of its leaders.”

1. Playing with Fire by Scott Lazenby

Andy- Tape:  “Observing a bearcat in the fictionalized wild.” 

Larry- Tape:  “Accept that risk is an inherent part of leadership and prepare to get burned.”

1. The No-Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving one that Isn’t by Robert Sutton

Andy- Toss:  “Nobody likes an asshole, so don’t be a dick.”

Larry- Taped:  “Treat workplace assholes like a contagious disease and develop organizational procedures and personal behaviors that reflect this viewpoint.”

1. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves

Andy- Tape:  “Don’t make quick decisions when happy or mad.”

Larry- Toss:  “Recognizing, understanding, and using emotions are a measurable and improvable skillset.”  

Upcoming:

1/14 Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck by

Mark Manson

1/28 I Moved Your Cheese: For Those Who Refuse to Live as Mice in Someone Else’s Maze by Deepak Malhotra.  

Attributes:

Opening Song:  Auld Lang Syne by United Sates Marine Band.

It was a tough week in bearcat country.   To get through this episode, your fearless hosts had to dig deep and feel feelings, which is a very overrated experience.  Fortunately, we were supported by the thoughtful words of our super fan, BearcatFan#1.   We also remember H.W. Bush, dance with the green fairy, pay a welfare check on Darrell Hammond, find out which host has more EQ, and ponder the existence of a Red Taped curse.  Please join us as we discuss Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves.

Drink: Absinthe

Attributes and References:

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ by Daniel Goleman: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26329.Emotional_Intelligence

The EQ Factor by Nancy Gibbs: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,133181,00.html

Without Emotional Intelligence Mindfulness Doesn’t Work by Daniel Goleman and Matthew Lippincott:  https://hbr.org/2017/09/sgc-what-really-makes-mindfulness-work

Emotional Intelligence is Overrated by Adam Grant Ph.D. :  https://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-grant/emotional-intelligence-is_b_5915758.html

Emotional Intelligence Needs a Rewrite: Think you can read people’s emotions? Think again by Lisa Feldman Barrett: http://nautil.us/issue/51/limits/emotional-intelligence-needs-a-rewrite

Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13239950-hills-like-white-elephants

Opening Music:

Focus by A. A. Alto from the album Connections (CC BY NC)

Everyone has one but don’t be one; this week we are talking about a-holes.  Is one too many, not enough, or just right?  We also search for the cause of all conflict (a local taco shortage?!), launch the now defunct Red Taped Consulting Firm, rant about TMI in email signature blocks, discover exotic whiskey pairings, and one bearcat gets forever lost in moonshine-induced memories of the ole Smokey Mountains.

Please join us as we review the No A**hole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t by Robert Sutton.

Did we fail the no a-hole rule this week?  Let us know: [email protected] and https://twitter.com/RedTapedPodcast.

Drink: Ole Smoky Whiskey

Upcoming Episodes:

12/17- Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves

12/31- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

1/7- State of the Pod: A Review of 2018 and Plans for 2019

Thanks to the Heaving Bosoms Podcast (https://heavingbosomspodcast.com/) for the shout out!  Despite being the total opposite of our podcast (fun books, entertaining, and the co-hosts are actual friends) it was one of the inspirations for our little show. 

This week we discuss Playing with Fire by Scott Lazenby and introduce you to Ben Cromarty, city manager of Trillium, Oregon and original bad-boy MPA.  When he is not picking fights with unions, circumventing city council rules, or backpacking in the midst of winter, you can find him in his office seducing middle-aged women via his government-official email.

This book is among the best public management case-studies we have read and weaves in valuable lessons about budgeting, political strategy, negotiation tactics, and a few other do’s and absolute don’ts.  We also discuss micro vs regular cheating, the dark-ages of the internet, and potential re-branding of Red Taped as a natural sleep aid.

We are lonely, contact us: Twitter @RedTapedPodcast or via email at [email protected].    

Book: Playing with Fire by Scott Lazenby

Drink:  A random Oregon wine that Andy happened to have on hand

Upcoming Episodes:

12/3- The No A**hole Rule by Robert Sutton

12/17- Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves

12/31- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

1/7- State of the Pod: A Review of 2018 and Plans for 2019

1/14- We need some recommendations, please help!

Attributes and References:

Interview with Scott Lazenby:

https://elgl.org/podcast-between-2-interns-with-lake-oswego-city-manager-scott-lazenby/

The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel (book) and related TED talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2AUat93a8Q 

Opening Music:

Three Stories by Blue Dot Sessions from the album Skittle (CC BY NC)

Closing Music:

Pedalrider by Blue Dot Sessions from the album Skittle (CC BY NC)

Unfortunately, Inside Bureaucracy almost took us out.

Fortunately, the magnificent and magical phoenix that is Red Taped was reborn this week in the fictional flames of Playing with Fire by Scott Lazenby.

Since we are taking a break from our normal genre of books, we are providing you, our listener(s?), with a short trailer.  Get the book and join us this Sunday for the full episode.

As always, you can reach us on Twitter @RedTapedPodcast or drop us an email at [email protected].    

Music:

Admin by A.A. Aalto from the album The West (CC BY NC)

How do the Red Taped bros tackle a classic academic tome on bureaucracy?

We have a simple three-step approach.

Step 1: Take an unplanned three-month sabbatical to get your head right.  

Step 2: Reach for your top-shelf scotch. 

Step 3: Attempt a serious conversation for approximately 20 minutes before traversing a downward spiral of somewhat pertinent pop-culture references.

This week we discuss Inside Bureaucracy by Anthony Downs.  22 minutes in, we drop our academic pretense and travel to Indiana, Westeros, and a faraway galaxy to trap, identify, and tag endangered bureaucrats—just in case you want to skip ahead to the usual drunken banter.

As always, you can reach on Twitter @RedTapedPodcast or drop us an email at [email protected].    

We are currently working on our reading list for 2019.  If you want us to cover a book, just leave a review on ITunes that includes the title and author… Quid pro quo, dear listener, quid pro quo…

Drink: Lagavulin-16 years

Upcoming Episodes:

11/19- Playing with Fire by Scott Lazenby (Our first novel!) 

12/3- The No A**hole Rule by Robert Sutton

12/17- Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves

12/31- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

Attributes:

Opening Song: Autumn Mvt 3 Allegro by John Harrison with the Wichita State Chamber Players (CC BY SA)

Q. What pairs best with cheap cheese?

A. Apparently, bureaucrat tears.

This week we drink several bottles of wine, get emotional, regret major life decisions, opine on the wonders of guava paste, and think deeply about change.   We also get a visit from 50’s dad, who is still trying to make friends and influence them.   It is time to quit your hemming-and-hawing and join us for our review of Who Moved My Cheese?  by Spencer Johnson, M.D.

Please consider sniffing and scurrying over to our twitter (@RedTapedPodcast) or dropping us an email ([email protected]).  We are currently working on our reading list for 2019.  If you want us to cover a book, just leave a 5-star review on ITunes that includes the title and author… Quid pro quo, dear listener, quid pro quo…

Upcoming Episodes:

11/5- Inside Bureaucracy by Anthony Downs

11/19- Playing with Fire by Scott Lazenby

12/3- The No A**hole Rule by Robert Sutton

Production Note:  Sorry this episode was late.  I was busy binge-watching Making a Murderer on Netflix because…priorities, I guess.  -Larry

Attributes:

Opening Song: “Clavinet Cora Theme” by Lobo Loco from the Free Music Archive (CC BY)

Fun fact:  Bearcat urine smells like buttered popcorn.  Sad fact: Bureaucrats smell like burnt popcorn, old coffee, and loneliness. Don’t worry about this unfortunate situation because we have your back.  This week we drink like Don Draper, suffer subway shame, exchange vintage marriage advice, and review How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.

Drink:  Old Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail:  http://www.drinkboy.com/cocktails/Recipe.aspx?itemid=121  with Michter’s US 1 American Whiskey

Upcoming Episodes:

10/21/18— Who Moved My Cheese?  by Dr. Spencer Johnson

11/4/18— Playing with Fire by Scott Lazenby

Attributes:

Opening Song:  “Win. Then Reset” by Ask Again from the Free Music Archive (CC BY SA)   

Closing Song: “Clavinet Cora Theme” by Lobo Loco from the Free Music Archive (CC BY)

Water your horse and gather around the Red Taped campfire.  This week we reminisce about Ross Perot, search for milk of the mare, debate the efficiency of equine-based microwave technology, and plan for the end.  We also read the management cult classic, Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun by Wess Roberts, PhD.   Hold on tight!  This one gets a little weird…

Drink: Hugo cocktails  https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/hugo-cocktails/ (Note, If you can’t find elderflower cordial, use St Germain or St. Elder)