Open Practice Podcast

Finding where to apply your creative thinking to either improve a process or digitize it into software can be challenging. There's often much confusion as to what the process even looks like in its entirety - confusion amongst even those who use the process daily! Yep - that happens a LOT, folks 😅
But what if you could map out a process visualize and analyze it using plain language that brings all cross-functional skillsets together and aligned in understanding and focus?

Ever feel like your team is stuck in its thinking? Having trouble doing big-idea ideation, and settling for small ideas that only result in incremental improvements? Wanna try to find that earth-shattering, futuristic idea that can capture the attention of your entire market?
Well boy, do we have a solution for you 😃

Joining us on this episode is Ben Tinker, Graphic Facilitator and all-around-awesome-guy to talk to us about the Alternative Worlds practice...and what a Graphic Facilitator even is!.....and a bunch of other amazing stuff. Trust me, it's 🔥 fam.

For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠

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Icebreakers. Woof. We've seen them go well, and we've seen them...well....on the caliber of the Star Wars prequels.
So what makes the good ones good and the bad ones bad? And what's the REAL point of icebreakers in the first place?? Do they even HAVE a point? SO MANY QUESTIONS! 

Joining us on this episode is Jen Brown, founder, facilitator, curriculum designer, and organizer. Jen answers all out questions about icebreakers - like what makes a good icebreaker and how to pick the right one for the group you're working with. She also shares some of her favs that you can try with your team!

For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠

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What do you mean I need to write down what it means for work to be ready and done? That's pretty obvious, isn't it Klint??
Jeez, Klint...

Well guess what? Klint is right. How your team defines work that is ready to be picked up and when exactly it is fully completed may differ from the team next to you...and it should!

On this episode, Brian Tomlinson, Transformation Architect at Red Hat, joins us to talk about the importance of clearly defining when work is ready and done for your specific team - and how to do it. So take a danged break from your computer screen or phone and give it a listen already!

For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠

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We've all been there....stuck in a meeting where the agenda is boring and isn't discussing what we should REALLY be talking about...
Well, good news! We got the fix with Lean Coffee! 😃

Joining us again with her energy, smarts, and passion for people is Prakriti Koller, North American Agile Lead at Red Hat. Prakriti walks us through how to facilitate a Lean Coffee session - a practice that democratically generates agendas for more valuable team conversations. That's right - the TEAM decides what the agenda will be 💪

For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠

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Want a dead-easy way to organize information and collaboratively prioritize it? Yes. Of course you do. I do, for crying out loud...

On this episode, Jordi Calderon, UX Consultant at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, shows us a 1-2 punch for grouping information together and aligning on the most important insights/ideas for your team to explore first.

For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠

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Do all members of your team share equal time in the spotlight? Or do your developers seems to be marginalized when credit is given to the team?

On this episode, Serge Dibao, Engagement Lead at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, hits us with a thought-provoking episode centered on Developer Empathy. You learn what Dev Empathy is, why it's important, and how to be more intentional about it in your day-to-day product delivery.

For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠

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Why do so many teams wait to push an update until there's a huge amount of changes being made? That's just silly......silly, we say. Here's a pro tip - Small, regular code commits reduce the number of integration problems. That's what CI/CD is all about!

On this episode, Tyler Auerbeck, Site Reliability Engineer at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, drops some knowledge about continuous Integration, Continuous delivery, and continuous deployment to help your team reduce busy work, improve software quality, and quicken value delivery. 

For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠

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Wanna learn a dead-simple way to align your team on what your CI/CD pipeline will look like? AND create a visual to explain how everything works together to stakeholders? Well Haitham Shahein, Consulting Engineer at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs has got the answer for ya - The Big Picture 📸

The Big Picture is a practice that visualizes all the steps that a software pipeline goes through in moving code from source (eg git), through compile and test then into the hands of your users. Building it collaboratively is a great activity for a team to do, as it helps to bridge the gap between the techies and the business folks. It’s great for articulating the importance and sometimes the complexity of continuous delivery.

For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠

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Constant improvement is something every team [should] strive for. Should. Seriously, they should....but how can you actually be intentional about it? Retrospectives - that's how!  On this episode we are joined by Mary Provinciatto,  Engagement Lead at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, to discuss the power of retrospectives and the many forms in which they come.

For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠 

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Sprint by Sprint Book (Portuguese): https://www.amazon.com/Sprint-acertos-transforma%C3%A7%C3%A3o-cultural-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B087N2LKXB 

Charmander: http://gph.is/1ZmUweH 

Retrospectives on OPL: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/retrospectives/ 

Realtime Retrospective on OPL: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/realtime-retrospective/ 

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No, not that robot from a galaxy far, far away....this is T2R2! It's an online meeting method that encourages people to participate and respond in real time. It also helps make sure everyone who has something to contribute gets heard, with clear action items at the end.

On this episode we are joined by Donna Benjamin, Asia-Pacific Engagement Lead at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, to dive into this seemingly simple practice that packs a real punch 👊

Join us for a special Fireside Chat (I think?) episode where we sit down with a bunch of expert colleagues and chat about how they use the Open Practice Library to do  awesome stuff. 

• How to guide teams and organizations to enhance the delivery of business value.
• How they leveraged open practices to build communities that drive organizational innovation and transformation.
• Answers to common questions from the field.
• Provide examples of how to use the Open Practice Library.