The Corporate Bartender

What's up everyone and welcome to The Corporate Bartender!

If you know me, you know that I love Agile Development, and I love applying Agile Development principles to the people side of business EVEN MORE! We are going to learn how to transform your conversations using Agile principles, and that's gonna change everything!

We've got the Douglas Squirrel on the show today, but you can just call him Squirrel! Wanna know more, stick around!

Squirrel has been coding for forty years and has led software teams for twenty. He uses the power of conversations to create dramatic productivity gains. He's been a CTO in startups from fintech to biotech to music, and everything in between; consulted on product improvement at over 200 organizations; and he is the author of Squirrel’s Tech Radar, Decoding Tech Talk, and Agile Conversations: Transform Your Conversations, Transform Your Culture. Oh, and he lives in Frogholt, England, in a timber-framed cottage built in the year 1450!

This conversation was a ton of fun, and I think you're gonna dig it!

If you wanna skip straight to the interview, 3:59 is your spot.

TCB Layout:
0:00 - Show Open & Intro
1:19 - Titles
1:45 - Kickoff 
3:59 - Squirrel Interview
56:32 - Wrap & Close

Website: https://douglassquirrel.com/
Website Community: https://squirrelsquadron.com/
The House Built in 1450: https://www.oldkentcottage.com/ 

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What is The Corporate Bartender?

So, what is TCB?

In these crazy days, I felt like we could all use some support, some community, some innovative people-side-of-the-business ideas, and of course, some cocktails. What started as a response to COVID19 has evolved into something much more meaningful. It's become an amazing community of people leaders from various industries who have come together to share ideas, some best practices, to learn from our mistakes, and build connection with others who are facing similar issues.

We are all about sharing at TCB. We share Learning & Development tools. We share updates to the legal landscape. We talk about issues facing our employees and our leadership teams. We interview innovative People Leaders who have cutting edge ideas. Oh, and we laugh. A lot!

I know what you're thinking. What is this thing? Is it another Zoom meeting? Is it a Podcast? Is it a show? What in the world am I getting into? It's all of those things and none of those things. Think of it as a podcast with a live interactive audience. It's a community. It's a forum for ideas, meeting similar folks, and finding a little bastion of sanity in an exceedingly complex world. It's a breath of fresh air, and a respite from your grueling schedule - where you'll be in great company, and probably take away a few things that you can use at work...and in life each episode.

If you are an HR or People Leader in your organization, this is the place for you. You are welcome here!