Episodes

  • 46: Leadership

    46: Leadership
    Jun 1 2025
    Some Managers can manage. Some Leaders can lead. Some can do both...but what does it mean to truly be a Leader? More importantly, do you actually need to be hired and told you're a leader...or can you just step up...and Lead?
    With John Chidgey.

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    Episode Gold Producers: 'r', Steven Bridle and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.
    Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Jared Roman, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring, Ian Gallagher and Jamie Russell.
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    8 mins
  • 45: Fact

    45: Fact
    Mar 20 2025
    With the advent of Machine Learning and Large Language Models, the temptation is to use existing search engines AI results to find facts to inform us about something. We dive into the differences between Truth and Fact and in this context, whether you should trust what the Search engines tell you.
    With John Chidgey.

    Links of potential interest:

    • Fact vs Truth AI Edition

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    Episode Gold Producers: 'r', Steven Bridle and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.
    Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Jared Roman, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring, Ian Gallagher and Jamie Russell.
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    6 mins
  • 44: Value

    44: Value
    Aug 20 2023
    The concept of value has always struck me as odd. Let's pull apart what it actually means, how human it is, and what actually matters when thinking about value.
    With John Chidgey.

    Links of potential interest:

    • Value Definition

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    Episode Gold Producers: 'r' and Steven Bridle.
    Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Lesley, Jared Roman, Joel Maher, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring, Dave Jones and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.
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    7 mins
  • 43: Silence

    43: Silence
    May 30 2021
    When attempting to gather consensus, assuming that silence means consent might not be the best way to get the right outcome. We look at how to be open, respectful and what consensus really requires.
    With John Chidgey.

    Links of potential interest:

    • Silence is Golden

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    Episode Gold Producers: 'r' and Chip Salzenberg.
    Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Joseph Antonio, Kevin Koch, Oliver Steele, Shane O'Neill and Bill.
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    8 mins
  • 42: Activity

    42: Activity
    Jun 18 2020
    Showing activity is considered by many to be THE critical pre-requisite to managing their teams productivity. What if they're wrong?
    With John Chidgey.

    Links of potential interest:

    • Analytical Episode 23: Metrics

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    Episode Gold Producer: 'r'.
    Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Joseph Antonio, Kevin Koch, Oliver Steele and Shane O'Neill.
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    13 mins
  • 41: Crisis

    41: Crisis
    Apr 3 2020
    The Coronavirus, COVID19, SARS-CoV-2, is the biggest global crisis many generations have faced. Through our increasingly enforced social distancing and isolation, I've witnessed something unexpected that's not what you think.
    With John Chidgey.

    Links of potential interest:

    • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
    • Join The Engineered Network Slack

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    Episode Gold Producer: 'r'.
    Episode Silver Producers: John Whitlow, Joseph Antonio, Kevin Koch and Oliver Steel.
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    9 mins
  • 40: Pivot

    40: Pivot
    Apr 11 2019
    Whilst Pivot is a more recent terminology often used in the context of a startup, it applies equally to many aspects of our lives, our endeavours or our own groups within companies of all sizes. We look at when, how, why and importantly if you should pivot and what the cost might be if you do.
    With John Chidgey.

    Links of potential interest:

    • The Truth About A Startup Pivot

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    Episode sponsor:
    Clubhouse:

    Looking for an easy to use software development project management solution that everyone in an organisation can use? Clubhouse was built with Agile Development in mind with an intense focus on intuitiveness and responsiveness, supporting seamless integrations with standard version control and messaging systems and an extensible REST API to integrate anything else you might need.

    Visit clubhouse.io/TENto learn more.

    Episode Gold Producer: 'r'.
    Episode Silver Producers: Carsten Hansen and John Whitlow.
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    12 mins
  • 39: Influence

    39: Influence
    Mar 31 2019
    When you're asked to direct a group of people sometimes you aren't their direct manager. In those cases you're expected to influence without authority. We look at how it's different, why it's hard and how you can go about it.
    With John Chidgey.

    Links of potential interest:

    • 5 Ways To Influence Without Authority

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    Episode sponsor:
    Clubhouse:

    Looking for an easy to use software development project management solution that everyone in an organisation can use? Clubhouse was built with Agile Development in mind with an intense focus on intuitiveness and responsiveness, supporting seamless integrations with standard version control and messaging systems and an extensible REST API to integrate anything else you might need.

    Visit clubhouse.io/TENto learn more.

    Episode Gold Producer: 'r'.
    Episode Silver Producers: Carsten Hansen and John Whitlow.
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    12 mins