Only Way To Fail

S01E02 - How dare these people not understand what we’re trying to accomplish (also, I’ve not told them what we’re trying to accomplish)

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Description 

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. 

Show Notes 

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

    The Credits

    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

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    Only Way To FailBy Garret Richardson, Tyler Samples, Darin Kelkhoff, James Maes