This week Darin gets us all stuck in a corner, we talk about getting a new pet swan, Garret drinks too much cheap beer, and Tyler writes a blog.  All this and more as we work through the struggles of repeatedly learning how to execute vision throughout the company.  We also spend a lot of time patting ourselves on the back for a perfect management Yahtzee game.

00:00:00 - Pre Show

The Standing Desk Debate (between Darin and Darin)

James “Hulk lifts” his desk

Who’s this guy starting the show?

00:02:02 - Follow-Ups

DevOps 

The Infoplus Definition

The “Literal Darin” breakdown

Is Garret still in College?

“To Me” vs “By Me”

Black Swan Event

Garret makes up a definition

Darin makes up an origin

James saves us all with “the google”

00:08:09 - The Headlines

Darin:

Darin has a revelation on “his” 90 day plan

Camden? Scissors? What the...what?

Darin’s recurring “Meta” problem

Rounded Wobbly Standing Boards

Tyler:

Missed a great Engineering LTM

Launched Blog 1 - Part 1

Garret:

Indoctrinating new employees

Natty Light = Dragging Ass

James:

How / Why / When to build internal financial organizations?

WHAT? People are scared of meetings with James, Darin, and maybe Garret?

Falling off his “day hack” wagon and wearing a wig

00:26:28 - Core Value Corner

“Focus on Client Success” can lead you down unexpected paths

00:28:15 - Topic 1 - WOW! LTM = Yahtzee 5

James doesn’t believe it (even though he was there)

Quick segue: breaking from 1 to 3 to 9 to 30 to 90 employees

Back on Topic: We want bad news, not (just) solutions

Garret

Energy + Play + IDS = 5/5

Tyler

Came in low, left high...energy

Loves the Yahtzee 5

Darin

He led the meeting, but who gets the credit?

Context vs Content

00:42:24 - Topic 2 - Executing Vision in the Company

Tyler

Eye opening moment - is he even directly impacted by this?

Tyler’s in the trees, Darin’s above the trees, and James is in the clouds

Can Career Plans help

Garret

Ties directly to his role in the company

More Garret doesn’t mean more Garret?

The ultimate game of “Telephone”

Darin

Darin still believes he discovered the concept of middle management (trapezoid of blank)

What’s failing - Who we are? Where are we going? Both?

James

Does 3 things at the company

Feels like 1 and 3 could be failing

How we do things is prescribed, what we do is creative

00:53:56 - End of Show (The Sing Out)

Darin introduces (creates?) a new (unknown) genre?

00:55:18 - The After Show

“David” discusses “Dave’s” money management philosophy

No such thing as good debt

Live like no one else to live like no one else

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