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Having a hard time articulating your idea? Or are you hearing and idea for something that isn't quite detailed enough? We got a fun practice for you that will get your creative juices flowing like the magnificent salmon of Capistrano 😃 On this episode of OPP, we chat with Tim Beattie, Co-founder of Stellafai and visual practice warlock. Tim tells us all about the Design the Box practice that gets teams visualizing all the good stuff about a product like features, goals, and maybe even a little marketing magic. It's a great activity to diverge and ideate, then align on the best ideas to put into your MVP. Take a listen, why don't ya?! For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠 ===== Design the Box Sweet Corn 1-2-4-All ===== Hit us up on Twitter: @practicelibrary Connect with Tim: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-double-4730001/ Twitter: @timbeattie @stellafai LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tdbeattie/ Website: stellafai.com Connect with Matt 🧙‍♂ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matttakane Twitter: @matt_takane Connect with Jerry 🕺 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-becker Twitter: @jerryjokesalot ===== If you're diggin this podcast, please review us on your fav podcast platform 👯

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? Joining us on this episode is Philip Double, Managing Front-end Architect with Red Hat Open Innovation Labs. Philip talks to us about how Metrics-Based Process Mapping (MBPM) is a great practice to map out a process, provide understanding for all team members and stakeholders, and highlight areas where the team can apply its creative thinking to improve the overall experience and value of the process. For this and other awesome team practices, check out the Open Practice Library for yourself! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠 ===== Metrics-Based Process Mapping Philip hates kale ===== Hit us up on Twitter: @practicelibrary Connect with Philip: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-double-4730001/ Twitter: @philipdouble1 Connect with Matt 🧙‍♂ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matttakane Twitter: @matt_takane Connect with Jerry 🕺 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-becker Twitter: @jerryjokesalot ===== If you're liking this podcast so far, please review us on your fav podcast platform 👯

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 🧙‍♀️🌠 ===== Alternative Worlds Practice Multitasking Squid How Might We Statements T2R2 Practice Affinity Mapping ===== Hit us up on Twitter: @practicelibrary Connect with Ben: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-tinker-6902591/ Twitter: @common_clarity Website: https://corpgraffitiart.gumroad.com/l/LWTMBen Connect with Matt 🧙‍♂ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matttakaneTwitter: @matt_takane Connect with Jerry 🕺 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-becker Twitter: @jerryjokesalot ===== If you're liking this podcast so far, please review us on your fav podcast platform 👯

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 🧙‍♀️🌠 ===== Rainbow Flamingo The Last Word Icebreaker PIE Checking (Physical, Intellectual, Emotional) Enneagram Personality Types ===== Hit us up on Twitter: @practicelibrary Connect with Jen: Website: jenbrown.co LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenoleniczakbrown/ Twitter: @JenOleniczak Connect with Matt 🧙‍♂ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matttakane Twitter: @matt_takane Connect with Jerry 🕺 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-becker Twitter: @jerryjokesalot ===== If you're liking this podcast so far, please review us on your fav podcast platform 👯

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 🧙‍♀️🌠 ===== Definition of Ready Definition of Done Bearded Beaver Referenced Practices: Priority Sliders Social Contract Measuring Psychological Safety Parking Lot Start at the End Red Hat Blog Series DevOps Culture & Practice with OpenShift Book ===== Hit us up on Twitter: @practicelibrary Connect with Brian: LinkedIn Twitter Blog Connect with Matt 🧙‍♂ LinkedIn Twitter Connect with Jerry 🕺 LinkedIn Twitter ===== If you're liking this podcast so far, please review us on your fav podcast platform 👯

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 🧙‍♀️🌠 ===== Lean Coffee: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/lean-coffee/ Dabbing Unicorn The Koller Kitchen Food Blog: https://thekollerkitchen.com/ T2R2 (Talk, Type, Read, Review): https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/t2r2-talk-type-read-review/ Dot Voting: https://dotmocracy.org/dot-voting/ ===== Hit us up on Twitter: @practicelibrary Connect with Prakriti: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakriti-koller/ Twitter: prakritiatRH Instagram: @thekollerkitchen Connect with Matt 🧙‍♂ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matttakaneTwitter: @matt_takane Connect with Jerry 🕺 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-becker Twitter: @jerryjokesalot ===== If you're liking this podcast so far, please review us on your fav podcast platform 👯

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 🧙‍♀️🌠 ===== Red Breasted Robin: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/af/64/d7/af64d7c361bedb140c188450c3bb3b7c.jpg Jordi Golfing: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiQUibUU0AAkGkk.jpg Affinity Mapping: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/affinity-mapping/ Dot Voting: https://dotmocracy.org/dot-voting/ How Might We Practice: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/hmw/ Social Contract: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/social-contract/ Proto Persona: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/proto-persona/ Empathy Mapping: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/empathy-mapping/ Human-centered Design: https://www.designkit.org/human-centered-design Opportunity Solution Tree: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/opportunity-solution-tree/ ===== Hit us up on Twitter: @practicelibrary Connect with Jordi: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordi-oliv%C3%A9-calder%C3%B3n/ Connect with Matt 🧙‍♂ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matttakaneTwitter: @matt_takane Connect with Jerry 🕺 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-becker Twitter: @jerryjokesalot ===== If you're liking this podcast so far, please review us on your fav podcast platform 👯

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 🧙‍♀️🌠 ===== Design Iceberg: https://uxmastery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/process-iceberg.jpg Mob Programming: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/mob-programming/ Pair Programming: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/pair-programming/ Socratic Method: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method#:~:text=The%20Socratic%20method%20(also%20known,out%20ideas%20and%20underlying%20presuppositions. Crazy 8s: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/crazy-8s/ Event Storming: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/event-storming/ Demo Day Showcase: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/showcase/ ===== Hit us up on Twitter: @practicelibrary Connect with Serge: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergedibao/ Twitter: @sdibao Connect with Matt 🧙‍♂ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matttakaneTwitter: @matt_takane Connect with Jerry 🕺 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-becker Twitter: @jerryjokesalot ===== If you're liking this podcast so far, please review us on your fav podcast platform 👯

Well hey there! It's been a while! Did you forget what we looked like? We sure did....yeesh. But hey, we're back and we're ready to get back into the rhythm of exploring team practices together 😃 This time around we're gonna shake things up a bit....take a listen as we talk about how the show is going to evolve now that 2021 is upon us. And as always, check out all the awesome team practices on Open Practice Library! openpracticelibrary.com 🧙‍♀️🌠 ===== Hit us up on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PracticeLibrary (@practicelibrary) Connect with Matt LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matttakane Twitter: @matt_takane Connect with Jerry LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-becker Twitter: @jerryjokesalot If you're liking this podcast so far, please review us on your fav podcast platform 👯

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 🧙‍♀️🌠 ===== Continuous Integration on OPL: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/continuous-integration/ Continuous Delivery on OPL: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/continuous-delivery/  Continuous Deployment on OPL: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/continuous-deployment/ Raccoon: http://gph.is/17xYzjy Big Picture on OPL: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/the-big-picture/ MBPM: https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/vsm-and-mbpm/ Continuous Pizza: https://gph.is/g/ZdxNGvP ===== Hit us up on Twitter: @practicelibrary Connect with Tyler: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerauerbeck/ Twitter: @tylerauerbeck GitHub: @tylerauerbeck Connect with Matt 🧙‍♂ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matttakaneTwitter: @matt_takane Connect with Jerry 🕺 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-becker Twitter: @jerryjokesalot ===== If you're liking this podcast so far, please review us on your fav podcast platform 👯