Tactics for Tech Leadership (TTL)

By Andrew Parker and Mon-Chaio Lo

The TTL Podcast is a podcast dedicated to empowering managers and leaders in software companies with practical strategies and insights to navigate the dynamic world of technology. Join us as we explor... more

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July 18, 2023The Why and How of Delegation
We explore delegation: why to do it and how to do it. The discussion ranges widely between the approaches the Prussian military used to command its forces to the ideas of the situational leadership model.

Opening quote from page 189 of the book "The Art of Action" by Stephen Bungay.

References
The Art of Action - https://www.stephenbungay.com/Books.ink

Briefing and Backbriefing - https://availagility.co.uk/2021/03/10/what-is-backbriefing/ also the book "The Art of Action"

Curse of Knowledge - https://availagility.co.uk/2021/06/09/backbriefing-and-the-curse-of-knowledge/

Situational Leadership - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situational_leadership_theory

Doug Forcett - https://thegoodplace.fandom.com/wiki/Doug_Forcett
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47min
July 11, 2023Organizing to Learn
In this episode, we explore the ideas from the book Teaming about how to organise to learn. Organising to learn takes framing to learn, psychological safety, learning from failure, and crossing boundaries.

The opening quote is from chapter one of the book "Teaming" by Amy Edmonson.

References:
Google 20% time - https://builtin.com/software-engineering-perspectives/20-percent-time

Praiseworthy/blameworthty chart - https://hbr.org/2011/04/strategies-for-learning-from-failure

Teaming - https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Teaming%3A+How+Organizations+Learn%2C+Innovate%2C+and+Compete+in+the+Knowledge+Economy-p-9780787970932
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52min
July 04, 2023Longevity of Team Boundaries
Andy and Mon-Chaio contemplate how often team boundaries should change, what impacts changing boundaries has, and some tactics for making boundary changes easier.

References
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckman's_stages_of_group_development

Amy Edmundson, Teaming - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Teaming-Organizations-Innovate-Compete-Knowledge-ebook/dp/B007MF3BRA

Dunbar’s number - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar's_number

Matrix management - https://www.liveabout.com/matrix-management-2276122

XP central tenant - https://martinfowler.com/bliki/FrequencyReducesDifficulty.html

Gore - https://www.fastcompany.com/51733/fabric-creativity
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51min
June 27, 2023Analysing a team situation using BART
In this inaugural episode of the Tactics for Technical Leadership (TTL) podcast, Mon-Chaio and Andy discuss the BART (Boundary, Authority, Role Task) framework for analysing group dynamics and apply it to a situation that Mon-Chaio encountered with two teams.

Referenced materials:
The BART System of Group and Organisational Analysis: https://www.it.uu.se/edu/course/homepage/projektDV/ht09/BART_Green_Molenkamp.pdf
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42min

FAQs about Tactics for Tech Leadership (TTL):

How many episodes does Tactics for Tech Leadership (TTL) have?

The podcast currently has 94 episodes available.