The Mob Mentality Show

Ship of Theseus Analogy for Teams

If your team replaced all of its members over time, is your team functionally the same? What mindset and practices keep your team happy and high performing even through change? If team change is inevitable, how can you be good at it?
Join Chris and Austin as they discuss the Ship of Theseus analogy applied to teams.
Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/hV_WhqRJgRE
 

Forming Cohesive Teams with Jacques Blom, David Chaplin, and Dean Gracey

Are your teams truly cohesive? Or just a loose association of individuals? Does your team problem solve from a shared context? Or work in isolation but shallowly sync up on occasion?Is onboarding and building social capital a breeze? Or a long-drawn-out endeavor? If interested in the former, who better to hear it from than a whole mob programming team from South Africa that has lived it. Join Chris and Austin as they discuss these topics and more with Jacques Blom, David Chaplin, and Dean Gracey from the company Names & Faces. 
Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/aQej3Tnfeog
 

Put PEPPER on your Agile Before You Eat It with Kyle Griffin

Does your flavor of #agility have the all proper seasoning to last? Does it include all the necessary facets to thrive? Does it have the proper time frames in mind to match the business goals? Do you have metaphors and analogies that really resonate with your org's domain? Join Chris and Austin as we have a fantastic discussion with Kyle Griffin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-aretae/) on these topics and more (e.g. militant humility, Extreme Programming, learning).
Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/-5ef6e0REo4
 

The Software Estimation Paradox

1.) People can estimate well what they have done many times before. 
2.) Software developers automate what is repetitive or time consuming. 
3.) To estimate something well one must have repeated it many times before and not automated it. 
4.) Why would a software developer not automate something repeated many times before? 
Join Chris and Austin as they discuss and grapple with this paradox.
 
Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/woF8lkhxKgc 

Codehort and Coaching with Michael Migliacio

Want to reduce the cognitive load and setup time for first time mobbers? Want to learn some tips, tricks, and tools for remote training? Want to establish a safe place in your org for effective learning and coaching? Come join Chris and Austin as they discuss these topics and more with Michael Migliacio (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-migliacio/).
Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/WtyYzcRrWD0 

Mobbing in Scrum: How could this Possibly be Efficient? with Dan Puckett

Is #MobProgramming just burning money? How could it possibly be efficient? What does Mob Programming look like in a #Scrum context? Join Chris and Austin as they discuss these questions and more with Dan Puckett. Dan has not only introduced Mob Programming to numerous Scrum teams via invitation and experimentation but he has done so in a consistent way each time with specific measurements. Come hear the fascinating results from these various experiments.Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/h-baijxbBYs 

Safe Peer Driven Goal Setting with 360 Retro

Kind candor including giving and receiving feedback is arguably one of the most important aspects of high performing teams. However giving this feedback is one of the most difficult things to do for many. It is a lot to expect from people in an organization where new relationships are being formed all the time and psychological safety can be fragile. In response to this challenge, a safe peer driven system was co-created by several mobbing teams. Come join Chris and Austin as they share the experiences and results from experimenting with this system for several years.
Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/21WTPhe3jSo 

Remote Mobbing with Strangers with Llewellyn Falco and Jay Bazuzi

When it comes to remote mobbing or pairing with strangers, many challenges present themselves. If I allow a remote Anydesk session into my already setup home computer, how can I know they are not going to hack me? Does my home network have sufficient upload time for everyone to prevent significant lag? If I do git handover, how can I quickly get each person's computer installed with all the required development and mobbing tools? Come join Chris and Austin as they discuss with two seasoned mobbers (Llewellyn Falco and Jay Bazuzi) their novel cloud solution to this problem. You not only are going to get some excellent tech tips and tricks for remote mobbing with strangers, but also some facilitation wisdom. You don't want to miss this cloud mobbing show and tell!
Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/vB0rF0ElOT8 

Dynamic Remobbing at Scale with Ron Quartel

Imagine a team of 30-150 people that turned up the dial on self-organization to the max. Instead of favoring top-down closed allocation, they embraced open-allocation and autonomy. Now also imagine that many of these people happen to love #PairProgramming and #MobProgramming. What would their product development look like? Join Chris and Austin as they discuss with Ron Quartel the tale of two teams who independently took this vision and made it a reality.
Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/wr2UWSEykrE 

Matthew Killoran: Spock or Skynet?

What is the future of automation and AI? Is it going to look more like Star Trek with Spock? Or Terminator with Skynet? Join Chris and Austin as they discuss with Matthew Killoran about these topics as well as #MobProgramming and Automation Tips & Tricks.
Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/7NTCBv3zB3c