Adam presents the language used to call the plays from Leadership is Language as told in The Project Banana episode. 

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• 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction.
• 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence
• ☕️ Small Batches #80: Project Banana
• ☕️ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn
• ☕️ Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit
• 📘 Leadership is Language

Adam presents the concept of redwork and bluework presented in the book "Leadership is Language".

Learn More

• 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction.
• 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence
• ☕️ Small Batches #80: Project Banana
• ☕️ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn
• ☕️ Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit
• 📘 Leadership is Language

Something completely different. This episode is a short story about leadership, communication, and collaboration.

Chapters

• (00:00) - 080 - Project Banana

• 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction.
• 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence
• ☕️ Small Batches #80: Project Banana
• ☕️ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn
• ☕️ Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit
• 📘 Leadership is Language

Learn More

• NEW! The Small Batches Slack App
• Toyota Kata Pocket Guide
• The Flow Collective (Come join Saeed and I)
• Saeed's post on the Business Vision, Product Vision, Product Objectives, Product Strategy, and Roadmap hierarchy

Learn More

• NEW! The Small Batches Slack App
• Toyota Kata Pocket Guide
• Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn
• Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit
• Small Batches #53: The Toyota Way
• Small Batches #39: The High-Velocity Edge (Part One)
• The Flow Collective

Adam summarizes John Shook's book "Managing to Learn" on the A3 problem-solving process.

Show Notes

• ☕️ Small Batches #53: The Toyota Way
• ☕️ Small Batches #39: The High-Velocity Edge
• 📘 Managing to Learn
• 📘 Understanding A3 Thinking
• 🧠 More on the A3 Process with Examples
• 🎁 My Annotated A3 Template Miro Board

Learn More

• NEW! Get Small Batches Slack App
• Toyota Kata Pocket Guide
• Small Batches #53: The Toyota Way
• Small Batches #39: The High-Velocity Edge (Part One)
• The Coaching Habit (2016)
• The Flow Collective

Recommend Reading

• 📘 The New Economics by Dr. Deming
• 📘 The High-Velocity Edge by Dr. Steven Spear
• 📘 The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge
• 📘 The Toyota Way by Jeffery Liker
• 📘 The Toyota Kata by Mike Rother
• 📘 The Principles of Product Development Flow by Donald Reinersten
• 📘 Making Work Visible by Dominica de Grandis
• 📘 Modern Software Engineering by Dave Farley
• 📘 The DevOps Handbook by Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick de Bois, John Willis
• 📘 The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Stafford
• 📘 Team Topologies by Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais
• 📘 The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday (Bonus!)

Recommended Listening

• ☕️ Small Batches #50: Introducing Dr. Deming with John Willis
• ☕️ Small Batches #39: The High-Velocity Edge (Part One)
• ☕️ Small Batches #65: Systems Thinking
• ☕️ Small Batches #53: The Toyota Way
• ☕️ Small Batches #60: The Principles of Product Development Flow
• ☕️ Small Batches #59: Making Work Visible
• ☕️ Small Batches #63: Modern Software Engineering
• ☕️ Small Batches #1: The Three Ways of DevOps
• ☕️ Small Batches #16: The Story of Parts Unlimited
• ☕️ Small Batches #18: Team Topologies

Free Resources

• NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams
• Toyota Kata Pocket Guide
• The Flow Collective

Links

• Small Batches #65: Systems Thinking
• The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge

Recommend Reading

• 📘 The New Economics by Dr. Deming
• 📘 The High-Velocity Edge by Dr. Steven Spear
• 📘 The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge
• 📘 The Toyota Way by Jeffery Liker
• 📘 The Toyota Kata by Mike Rother
• 📘 The Principles of Product Development Flow by Donald Reinersten
• 📘 Making Work Visible by Dominica de Grandis
• 📘 Modern Software Engineering by Dave Farley
• 📘 The DevOps Handbook by Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick de Bois, John Willis
• 📘 The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Stafford
• 📘 Team Topologies by Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais
• 📘 The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday (Bonus!)

Recommended Listening

• ☕️ Small Batches #50: Introducing Dr. Deming with John Willis
• ☕️ Small Batches #39: The High-Velocity Edge (Part One)
• ☕️ Small Batches #65: Systems Thinking
• ☕️ Small Batches #53: The Toyota Way
• ☕️ Small Batches #60: The Principles of Product Development Flow
• ☕️ Small Batches #59: Making Work Visible
• ☕️ Small Batches #63: Modern Software Engineering
• ☕️ Small Batches #1: The Three Ways of DevOps
• ☕️ Small Batches #16: The Story of Parts Unlimited
• ☕️ Small Batches #18: Team Topologies