The Mob Mentality Show

Ludicrous Speed Learning with Willem Larsen

Is there something that could put learning into hyperdrive in your context? For example, what environment, principles, and practices could enable onboarding to occur with speed and quality?
Join Chris, Austin, and Willem Larsen as they not only share stories of "Ludicrous Speed Learning" but also discuss #EnsembleFirst as an alternative mindset and way to experiment with flow efficiency. In addition, they talk through organizational change in relation to ensemble programming, skills, and vocabulary (e.g., when to use the word "mob" vs. the word "ensemble").
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/Hx9GFeXHCug   

Rethinking Management and Nurturing Change with Esther Derby

What is management? Is it simply getting people to work hard? Is it supervision? Is it extracting maximum labor and value? Or something else?
Join Chris, Austin, and Esther Derby as they not only discuss ways to rethink management but also discuss ways to nurture positive change in management, organizations, and teams. 
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/rr6vlDgMUws 

Mobbing in the Early 2000s with Moses Hohman and Andy Slocum

Mob Programming turns 21? Or, is Mob Programming still pre-teen? Or, more loosely has the generic form of mobbing been around for ages under different names?
Join Chris and Austin as they discuss with Moses Hohman and Andy Slocum their 2001 Mob Odyssey. Moses and Andy not only share about Mob Programming at Thoughtworks back in the early 2000s but also recent mobbing at Flare Health and Thoughtworks. Lastly, they discuss the side effects of mobbing, mob programming for learning vs. for work, and the differences between mobbing and pairing.
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/df_FsO7ibes   

High Octane vs. Zen Mob Programming

What are the different styles of mob programming you have seen or experienced?Ever been in a mob that was "Fast and Furious"? An ensemble that favors autonomy first and is hyper focused on solving the problem in a more "multi-threaded" fashion with rapid cycles and lots of concurrent experimentation?On the other end of the spectrum, ever been in an ensemble that was more synchronized and peaceful?  A mob that is more "single-threaded" and is optimized for consensus style decision making and learning?
Join Chris and Austin as they share about their High Octane vs. Zen Mob Programming experiences. They first share about different ends of the mob style spectrum and then offer some possible suggestions for when to use each style type. Lastly, some tips are offered on how to join a mob and thrive when they are operating in a style different than you are used to.
Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/nvKyYp-LsCk 

Mobbing with Finance

How do you collaborate with people from disciplines like finance and legal?What collaboration patterns with inter-dependencies lead to higher availability in the system, higher responsiveness, and faster flow?What collaboration patterns lead to more waiting, more queues, more context switching, and large batches?
In response to a listener's request, join Chris and Austin as they reflect on multiple mobbing experiences with people from finance and similar disciplines.
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/uTLslRUrQXQ  

Advanced Napkin Math, OM Science, Scrum, and Mobbing with Steve Hallman

What methods from operations management science and manufacturing should be applied to software development? From Taylor? From Gantt? From Deming?Does operations management science thinking lead to mobbing? Does Scrum imply ensemble programming?
Join Chris and Austin as they discuss "Advanced Napkin Math, OM Science, Scrum, and Mobbing" with Steve Hallman. First they discuss the history of ideas in operations management science, scrum, and their relation to mob programming. Lastly, Steve shares about his advanced napkin math tools he uses for teams and planning in software development.
Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/3BBGoxgMeiI 

Sharing Ideas with Clarity and Delivering Value with Tom Gilb

When you are passionate about one of your current ideas or practices, how do you share it with others? If there are multiple competing ideas/practices for your team or org to experiment with, how do you evaluate the next best one to try?
Join Chris and Austin as they discuss "Sharing Ideas with Clarity and Delivering Value" with Tom Gilb. After they talk over each others' principles of "Just Sharing," Tom gives an overview of Planguage and Impact Estimation Tables for value delivery. Lastly, they touch on some principles from Musk's Engineering Philosophy.
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/NLBzeHggcuA 

Remotely Recapturing the Agile Magic with Tom Ayerst

Do you remember the moment when you first experienced “agile magic?” What was your experience like? If the “agile magic” has since then been lost, what can be done to bring it back? Can it be done remotely?
Join Chris and Austin as they discuss “Remotely Recapturing the Agile Magic” with Tom Ayerst. Tom not only shares about the state of remote work and agility but also shares about "evil empire agile” vs. effective agility. Lastly, they discuss the principle of making it work for everyone.
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/mfSIudqjlDI 

Scaling Organizations and Design with James Shore

How do you have good software design? How does this scale over time?How do you have good organizations and teams? Can this scale? If so, how?
Join Chris and Austin as they discuss "Scaling Organizations and Design" with James Shore. James starts out by sharing about the Mob Programming chapter in his book The Art of Agile Development. Then they discuss scaling orgs with the FAST framework and scaling code with evolutionary design. Lastly, they talk about testing without mocks and Classicist vs. Mockist TDD.
Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/duF4e3CwW9k 

Ensemble Teaching, Exploratory Testing, and Product Development with Maaret Pyhäjärvi

As you test, are you learning? Does each test impact the design of the next test?As you test, is a group learning? Is the wisdom of the crowd continuously used to inspect and adapt the testing approach?
Join Chris and Austin as they discuss Ensemble Teaching, Exploratory Testing, and Product Development with Maaret Pyhäjärvi. She not only shares about exploratory testing before and after ensembling, but also about the synergy of visualization and exploratory testing. Lastly she shares about ensemble programming with kids, students, and women over 40. 
Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/AjJF-0r5HMc