Episode description
Meredith Barnes-Cook started running agile development teams before agile was even "a thing". Her no-nonsense, results-oriented approach to insurance software development led to a successful career at Liberty Mutual and other insurers. We talk about moving from career management to career ownership, getting work done through people not in spite of them, and folding in teams from formerly hostile competitors.
- Needham High School – Home of the oldest Thanksgiving football rivalry https://needhamhistory.org/features/articles/needham-wellesley/
- From agility to Agile https://www.prosci.com/resources/articles/stop-confusing-agile-with-agile
- A career jungle gym https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/sheryl-sandberg-careers-arent-ladders-theyre-jungle-gyms
- The power – and joy – of networking https://www.linkedin.com/posts/meredithbarnes-cook_networking-5-circles-of-influence-smith-activity-6702377150449807360-Rcb8
- Roblox – My son’s journey to becoming a software engineer https://www.techradar.com/news/teaching-children-to-code-and-program-with-roblox
- Elon Musk - Tesla is just a small part of his story https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/elon-musk-companies-disruption/?utm_source=CB+Insights+Newsletter&utm_campaign=aeb0ccf0a5-newsletter_general_Sat_20200926&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9dc0513989-aeb0ccf0a5-94473706