This week Ari has all the vision, James has all the passion, Garret has the “squeakiest wheel”, Darin is fully vaccinated, and Tyler wants to learn. All of that and the group discusses hiring and embracing diversity.

00:00:00 - Pre Show

Christmas music - “Carol of the Bells”

Reverse searing steaks

Oil, Butter, Rosemary and Thermapen

Smoking meat

00:04:10 - Show Start

Week 4 with Ari

00:04:20 - Follow-Ups 

Lucy Update

It’s Lucy’s 18th birthday...and she’s still kickin’

Question from Garret: Is there a correlation between a lack of clear vision articulated through the teams and teams hesitant to make decisions?

Hearing “no” may create some timidness

Maybe after so many no’s they stop trying to get yes

1000 no’s for every yes (but can’t just be a blind no)

How do we keep teams aligned with what’s most important for the company

“I don’t know if Garret knows what Follow-Ups are”

00:20:21- The Headlines

Darin

Product L10™ - 4.25 (Darin scored it a 3)

Without the V/I on product team - felt a little “at the effect of”

Tried to IDS™ an issue that’s about James

Made a decision not to release (people didn’t know)

Strategic Product Team

On track to completing a sprint

Got a plan to get back into order speed release

Started as not really a plan

Bringing more intentionality to development

Getting away from a shotgun “scatter shot” approach to UAT

Personal

Second Covid-19 Shot this week

Important to pass that message out

No side effects

Bathroom remodel coming next week

Tyler

Planning (or at least some version of planning)

Most non-standard 1 off process

At risk client stuff continues

Garret

LT L10™ trumped by planning this week

Unconventional planning but got through it all

Identified 8 Rocks

Detailed to the degree required for team handoffs

Stand alone IDS™ session for retail L10™

L10™ cut short due to some buy-in concerns and not having V/I available for the discussion

3PL L10™ scored a 4.0

IDS identified a lack of 3PL references for 3PL prospects

Ari

Vacation Ari mode is setting in

Even had my coffee delivered this morning

Quarterly planning was a 5.0 score

Ari used all the shapes and emojis during planning

8 Rocks is a little terrifying

Got to be with team leads all of Wednesday rescoring functional assignments

Garret also got to start and end each day with me...which he loved

Sales Integrator Carter is playing “Hiring Ari” this week taking over the employee search

James - Takes the easy road out 2 weeks in a row

00:37:03 - Topic 2 (1) - Ari part 4 - Hiring

  What does hiring look like for us

Especially in this high growth pivot

The next 90 days could be pivotal

How do we not become a great place for only “middle aged white tech guys”

The company James and Darin want to be at is diverse in race, gender, sexuality, background, etc…

How do we not become Basecamp?

Ari dives into how we hire

Relaunched job descriptions

Launched a careers website page

Tells the story of who we are and our people

The interview process

Screening

Team Interview

“Reverse Interview”

Reveal who we are to a potential employee

CEO and Core Values

Starts with really bad jokes then 3 simple questions

How do we continue to keep our culture as we scale?

How are we set up to attract people we want?

How do we hire more diversity?

Blind screening - remove all personal identifiable data prior to an in person interview

DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Statement

Diving into the desire for diversity (age, race, gender, sexuality) and creating the best reality

What reactions do we get when explaining how we run our company and ourselves in interviews?

Pinpoint (not a sponsor of the show) as our backend hiring tool (runs our process)

What lessons can we take from Basecamp

Not a company I ever want to be

Question from Ari: How do you as leaders of the company lean into creating diversity?

“If you don’t want to discuss tough topics at work, it implies you’re okay with the world around you”

Question from James: How much do you all feel you are being drug along in this vs have your own passion for it?

The small things matter

Seemingly small micro-aggressions add up

“One small thing, makes the next thing slightly more acceptable”

The small things we can do can create a ton of space for others

“StarTrek has shown us the way.

01:34:54- Questions and Long Answers 

None this week since Garret did them in follow ups

01:35:03 - End of Show 

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01:36:20 -  After Show - Darin found an iOS shortcut to set wallpapers on your devices

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