SPaMCAST 493 features our essay titled Thoughts on Kaizen. The punchline is that the goal of continuous improvement is to help teams to eliminate waste (Muda, Muri, Mura), while improving an organization's capability to deliver value. Our second column features Jeremy Berriault. In this installment of the QA Corner (https://qacorner.blog/). Jeremy and I talked about his upcoming appearance at QAI Quest. Jeremy is talking about TDD test cases and participating in the Managers Solutions Workshop. Anchoring the cast is Wolfram Müller. Wolfram co-authored Hyper-Productive Knowledge Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach with Steve Tendon. We talk about Chapter 22 titled In Practice with Scrum. Wolfram can be found on LinkedIn at https://bit.ly/2qXvgnw Re-Read Saturday News In week eight of the re-read of L. David Marquet's Turn the Ship Around! we discuss chapters 10 and 11, titled Under Way on Nuclear Power and I Intend To . . .". Current Installment: Week 8: Under Way on Nuclear Power and "I Intend To . . ." - https://bit.ly/2rnvkgx Previous Installments: Week 7: Change, In a Word and Welcome Aboard Sante Fe - https://bit.ly/2r5l1hk Week 6: I Relieve You - https://bit.ly/2F7C5ag Week 5: Call to Action and Whatever they tell me to do! - https://bit.ly/2IXZugS Week 4: Change of Course and Frustration - https://bit.ly/2qbPzgK Week 3: Pain and Business as Usual - https://bit.ly/2qfd74g Week 2: Forward and Introduction - https://bit.ly/2H8K4Jg Week 1: Game Plan - https://bit.ly/2HgCdqW Upcoming Webinars and ConferencesQAI Quest 2018The Three Amigo's Role in AgileMay 21-25, 2018, San Antonio, Texas Next SPaMCASTSPaMCAST 494 will feature our interview with Allan Mallory. We discussed leadership and his book, the "The Family that Conquered Everest". Danger, mountaineering, and leadership!