Adam presents a series of questions to understand production operations, plus a method to practice: MMIVM. That's Model-Measure-Instrument-Visualize-Monitor.

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• ☕️ Small Batches #90: As Measured By
• ☕️ Small Batches #88: Golden Signals

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• (00:00) - Understanding Production Operations

Adam's welcomes Katie Anderson to the show to discuss her book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn, lean thinking, and the powerful growth mindset.

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• 📘 Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn (Katie's Book)
• 🎧 Chain of Learning (Katie's Podcast)
• ☕️ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn

Chapters

• (00:00) - Chain of Learning with Katie Anderson

Adam's two most common words (verbal ticks even) from 2023. Is it a party foul to bring lean thinking into a New Year's Eve party?

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• 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence
• ☕️ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn
• ☕️ Small Batches #87: Set-Based Concurrent Engineering
• 📘 Managing to Learn
• 📘 Lean Product & Process Development

Chapters

• (00:00) - Intro

Adam welcomes John Willis to discuss his new book, Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge. We discuss why John wrote the book, Deming's career arc, and how we put Deming's ideas into action. The print edition is available now. Listen through to the end for announcements from Adam and John.

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• 🧭 Get your FREE guide to software delivery excellence
• 📘 Buy Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge
• 🎁 Enter my FREE giveaway from a copy of Wiring the Winning Organization
• ☕️ Small Batches #84 - Deming

Chapters

• (00:00) - 100 - John's Book

Adam presents the ideas in Wiring the Winning Organization with a vignette from his time on gemba. Plus, a giveaway!

Here's how to win a FREE copy of Wiring the Winning Organization. First, follow me on LinkedIn. Second, post a link to Small Batches podcast episode with what you learned using the #SmallBatchesGiveaway hashtag. The giveaway runs through January 2024. The winner will be announced on February 1st. You can enter as many times as you like.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Twelve tips for first-time engineering managers. Want more?

Adam presents thinking about boundaries, testing, and software design.

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Adam presents how he thinks about estimates and delivery. Plus, a special announcement on something new!

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• (00:00) - 096 - Estimates

Adam presents mental model behind lean and agile. The mental model accepts we don't know the path forward, thus we must optimize for learning it.

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Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:

• 🧠 The Small Batches Way study guide 
• 📘 The Fifth Discipline
• 📘 The Learn Startup
• ☕️ Small Batches #39 - The High-Velocity Edge

Adam presents the rationale behind choosing a language or tech stack. Spoiler alert: it's irrelevant to software delivery performance. 

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• 🚀 New listener? Start here.
• 📘 Accelerate - The science of software delivery performance
• 📘 The DevOps Handbook
• ☕️ Small Batches #65- Systems Thinking
• 🧠 The DORA report