This week we learn about FUD and Todos; Darin finds a magical mirror and becomes slightly self-reflective. Garret Hearts all the James Charms; We get into Employee Compensation, Core Values, Right People, and the Lens we use to make decisions. Then close out with some great questions and Long Answers around 15COCL, Families, and a non-answer about our listeners (hint, Meta EOS).

00:00:00 - Pre Show

Garret talks about why he loves terrible beer.

Tyler attempts to outdrink Tyrion Lannister.

Darin plans his new career as a Desk Assembly Guy (DAG?).

00:02:13 - Follow-Ups

Getting into Todos, Pebbles, Rocks, and 7 Days.

MQLs and Garret using the word Lead 17 times in 45 seconds. 

FUD and how to play with Head Trash.

What is NPS, and how to do hard customer maths?.

Very Slowly Spelling M-R-R and A-R-R.

Revenue equals The "Money" coming into your company.

What is a KanBan? 

00:07:08 - The Headlines

Darin only talks about himself for 5 minutes.

Engineers Learning how to redefine Good, Bad, Okay, and "Really Bad".

Not taking things personally while James is making people better than they want to be. 

Garret explains how to read a book next to his pool (he has many books, stacks of books, many leather-bound volumes) 

How To Be A Great Boss

Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work 

Vectors Vectors Vectors (EO and Business, Self, and Others)

00:27:41 - Employee Compensation

Right People / Right Seats / Pay Them Competitively.

How Employees Make More Money.

Knowing what you need to accomplish to move up, even if it feels like a lot, really helps with the mindset and setting expectations.

Darin throws down a line - "I have nothing additional to add here. No passion about it, no involvement in it for the company."

00:47:53 - Core Values Corner

From EOS - part of the vision component - defines who you are, what you believe in

The key aspect of culture - whether you define them or not, they exist.

How "Focus on our Clients' Success" does not mean anything they want

What are NOT core values? Not the Bullshit ones. What they ARE - Polarizing

Why are so many companies too terrible at this? 

00:73:53 - Questions and Long Answers?

The Segue

Happy Robot T-shirts

A conversation about what is meta

James Not Answering Questions (going meta instead)

How some of us handle 15cocl and our shifting views on RR along with families and friends that don't subscribe. 

Accept It == Try To Change It == Leave It == By Me Life 

Tyler helps us understand how to eat a mountain with a sprint spoon.

Are "Tim" and "Ari" real people, or just imaginary (like Dan Carlin's "Ben")?

What about "listener Brandy?" how real is she, really?

00:92:10 - End of Show (The Sing Out)

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New Blogs - We've published a few new blogs there this week - about fitness for the guy what hates fitness, and some good LTM / bad LTM guides

"And now I'd like to sing us out".

00:94:56 - The After Show

A thoughtful interview about a watching of DS9

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