This podcast is the last podcast of 2021 and marks the end of season #1. I do a quick overview and review of the podcast over the year. I wanted to thank the following guests: Ben Rockwood (@benr) Doris Quinn Mary and Tom Poppendieck (@mpoppendieck) Jeffrey Fredrick (@Jtf) George Dekker (@GeorgeDekker) Dr. Steven Spear (@StevenJSpear) Courtney Kissler (@chawklady) Josh Corman (@joshcorman) Kevin Behr (@kevinbehr) Elisabeth Hendrickson (@testobsessed) harper (@harper) Carmen DeArdo Dennis Schlagh...
Dec 16, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 29
This is part 2 of my podcast with Laksh Raghavan. I met Laksh Raghavan through a Twitter dispute on Pragmatism and Epistemology. We decided to hop on a zoom session to discuss it. After about 5 minutes I realized I was out of my element. Laksh really knew his stuff. We decided to do a podcast. This is the first part of a two part series. We cover a lot of interesting ground regarding general philosophy, Pragmatism, Epistemology, and Systems Thinking. If you liked my previous podcast with Jabe Bl...
Nov 17, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 26
I met Laksh Raghavan through a Twitter dispute on Pragmatism and Epistemology. We decided to hop on a Zoom session to discuss it. After about 5 minutes I realized I was out of my element. Laksh really knew his stuff. We decided to do a podcast. This is the first part of a two-part series. We cover a lot of interesting ground regarding general philosophy, Pragmatism, Epistemology, and Systems Thinking. If you liked my previous podcast with Jabe Bloom should enjoy this podcast as well. Twitter: ht...
Nov 17, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Dominica DeGrandis is my guest on this episode. In 2010, Dominica and I met at the first US DevOps Days. We discuss the early DevOps Days and the Kanban game in this episode. We also discuss her work on making work visible and the five thieves of time. Every time I speak with Dominica, it is always a great conversation. Here are a few links: https://itrevolution.com/making-work-visible-by-dominica-degrandis/ https://itrevolution.com/immersion/ linkedin.com/in/dominicadeg...
Nov 17, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Paula is a veteran DevOps participant. She has managed some of the largest and most difficult transformations in our industry. I get the chance to pick Paula's brain about leadership at scale.
Nov 07, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Jabe Bloom and I talk about Dr. Deming's Theory of Knowledge in this episode. We learn about pragmatism and epistemology from Jabe. As he proceeds, he mentions Dr. Shewhart's work at Hawthorne as well as Ohno and Lean, all related to Deming's System of Profound Knowledge lens of Theory of Knowledge. If you've enjoyed the podcast so far, you'll want to listen to this episode. Check out Jabe's work here: http://blog.jabebloom.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jabebloom/...
Nov 03, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Steve and I talk about early DevOpsDays, Value Streams, Flow, Systems Thinking and of course Dr. Deming. Give talks about his thought about Dr. Deming's System of Profound Knowledge. We cover a lot of ground in this podcast. I'm sure you will enjoy it. You can find a link to all of the cool things Steve is working on here: https://vzbl.io/links
Nov 01, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 21
John Waraniak is my guest in this episode. John has over 25 years of experience in automotive, motorsports, aerospace, and consumer products. He has extensive experience in vehicle systems engineering, motorsports program management, and lean product development. When he was at General Motors, John worked directly with Dr. Deming. In addition, he studied under Peter Senge. This is a great interview. At Indianapolis Raceway, he will organize the first autonomous race later this month (Oct 2023). ...
Oct 12, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 20
In this episode, I'm joined by Mark Burgess. Mark founded CFEngine, Promise Theory, and Infrastructure as Code. Mark holds a Ph.D. in physics. He is an author of several books, including one of my favorites, "In Search of Certainty." He has been working on a project called the Semantic Spacetime Project for over a decade. I've known Mark for almost a decade now, and we always have a great time discussing important IT topics. In this episode, we discuss Dr. Deming's work through the lenses of com...
Oct 09, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In this episode I catchup with the author of the "DevSecOps: A leader’s guide to producing secure software without compromising flow, feedback and continuous improvement" book., Glenn Wilson. Glenn is an active participant in the DevOps and DevSecOps communities. He is also an emerging student of Dr. Deming. We talk about Glenn's Deming journey as well as how DevSecOps and Dr. Deming's work align well. Look for Glenn's book on Amazon.
Oct 04, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In this podcast, I just go off on a tangent about my Deming ideas. I've been listening to some old Deming podcasts where everyone is asked what was their aha moment when they learned about Deming. In an interview with Bob Brown, CEO of Great Plains Coca Cola Bottling Company, he remarked that he has never had a single aha moment in his life, it was a journey for him. I concur with myself; this is how I felt. To me, it seemed fitting to walk my aha journey.
Sep 23, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Dennis Schlagheck is the author of a book about Hawthorne Works ( https://bit.ly/37UGQoH ). We discuss all things related to the Western Electric Hawthorne factory. For those Deming geeks, this is where Dr. Deming spent two summers interning while he was in college. It's also where Walter Shewhart invented Statistical Process Control. Hawthorne was sort of like a modern-day Apple or Xerox PARC. You also had the Hawthorn Studies (famous Hawthorne Effect) coming out of thier in the 1920s. Dennis a...
Aug 18, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Great conversation with Carmen DeArdo. Carmen actually attended some of Deming’s lectures in the 1980’s when he worked for Bell Labs. He also discusses how he used Dr. Deming ideas in large insurance companies.
Jul 27, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Harper Reed was the CTO of the Obama campaign. We talked about how he wound up as the CTO. We also talked about how they employed a lot of Agile and DevOps during the campaign. This is another great podcast.
Jul 23, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 14
I love doing podcasts with people I really like. A few years back I wrote an Introduction to DevOps course for edX and found Elisabeth Hendrickson's work testing extremely helpful. Since then I've been a big fan of her work. We talked about her career in systems and testing and some of the new stuff she is working on. Hope you enjoy it.
Jul 23, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 13
This is part 2 of my Keven Behr interview. We continue the discussion on Deming and Toyota. We also go a little deep into the Theory of Constraints and Goldratt's work.
Jul 15, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this podcast, I get to chat with Kevin Behr (co-author of The Phoenix Project). We discuss Deming's influence on Japan and modern commerce. Kevin has an interesting perspective on Toyota and Japanese culture. We also talk about the concept of a "Humble Student" and why Deming's message might have penetrated deeply as part of the Miracle in Japan.
Jul 14, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this episode, Josh and I discuss the history of sBOM's, Deming and Goldratt's influence on software supply chain as well as COVID's Operation Warp Speed. I always say I'm a passionate person about IT, Josh is a passionate person about saving lives. This is a fantastic episode.
Jun 25, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 10
Courtney Kissler is one of the pioneers in DevOps Enterprise leadership. Starting back at her days at Nordstrom. Some of my favorite stories in the DevOps Handbook are based on some of Courtney's experiences. We cover the gambit on topics related to Deming, Rother, Goldratt, and Hosen Kanari. My fanboy comes out pretty hard in this episode. I think Courtney is a great example of a true leader. Note: We had some latency issues in the recording and it comes out a bit in the recording. I tried to c...
Jun 21, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 9
We finish up the second part of my conversation with Dr. Spear.
Jun 16, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 8
This is a part 1 podcast. The second podcast will be posted in a few weeks. (sorry for the abrupt ending). This a podcast I did about a year ago in a different portal. I am a huge fan of Dr. Spear. I always say that there are only two books to read when it comes to Lean. Mike Rother’s Toyota Kata and Dr. Spear, High Velocity Edge. Dr. Spear is one of my favorite DevOps Enterprise Summit speakers. In this episode, we cover the gambit of Lean, TPS, Culture just about everything cool you can think ...
Jun 07, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Had a great time talking with George about all things Deming and Goldratt. It went a little long but we kept bringing up new and cool ideas. George is a great industry student of Deming's work, lean, and Theory of Constraints. Hope you enjoy it!
May 26, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 6
Another great conversation with Jeffrey Fredrick author of Agile Conversations. We cover his background and his views on Deming, Agile and Lean.
May 17, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Mary and Tom are instrumental figures on the path I call "Deming to Devops". We discuss their journey from lean to their modern-day thought leadership roles. Chatting with Mary and Tom about Dr. Deming... it doesn't get any better than this.
May 08, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode, I have an amazing conversation with Dr. Doris Quinn. Doris has a fascinating story about how she met Dr. Deming and all traveled with him in the last few years of his life. We also discuss Doris's amazing career from nurse to leading to a Ph.D. in process improvement and quality education and one of the leading industry healthcare quality leaders.
Apr 27, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode, I chat with my old friend Ben Rockwood. Ben introduced me to Dr. Deming at an early Devopsdays. Ben is a real student in this field and I am sure you will enjoy this podcast.
Apr 27, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Introduction to the new Profound podcast. This is podcast focuses on topics related to Dr. Deming.
Apr 27, 2021•5 min•Season 1Ep. 1
