Episode Three - Four day work week and design thinking

Ian and Ash talk about how Microsoft Japan trialled a 4 day working week, busting Ash's myths about Japanese working culture and why technology people should care about design thinking, even for test automation.

Show Notes

Links:

• Steamed Hams 
• Trial of Four Day Work Week at Microsoft Japan 
• Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
• On the Phenomenon of BS Jobs
•  Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing
• Don Norman: Rethinking Design Thinking
• Natasha Jen: Design Thinking is BS
• IBM Design Thinking Intro Course
• d School Design Thinking Process
• IBM Design Thinking Loop
• Agile inception deck

Creators & Guests

Host

Ash Winter

Tester but not a quality engineer. Talks about testability.

Host

Ian Smith

Happiest when making stuff or making people laugh. Tech, and Design Thinking. Since 2019, freelancer and FRSA.

What is What A Lot Of Things?

Ash and Ian talk about interesting Things from the tech industry that are on their minds.