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 A list of videos I've come across over the years that help get concepts across. A list of videos I've come across over the years that help get concepts across.
  
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6v6W7jkwok|Don Reinertsen - Second Generation Lean Product Development Flow]]. Talks about some of the content of his book. As usual a very "dense" pitch with a lot of information. If you want to understand impacts of things like queuing theory, lean, and why variability should be preserved for new product development (hint: Black Scholes option pricing model) then this is the video for you. See [[second_generation_lean_product_development_by_don_reinertsen|My notes]] for more information. +^ Tags ^ Video Link ^ Comments ^ 
-  * [[http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation?language=en|Dan Pink’s TED Talk]]. Or if you want the more fun presentation then use [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc|Drive: The Surprising Truth About Motivation]]. Helps you understand how knowledge workers are motivated: autonomy, mastery, and purpose (and take money off the table) +| Lean, Product | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6v6W7jkwok|Don Reinertsen - Second Generation Lean Product Development Flow]] | Talks about some of the content of his book. As usual a very "dense" pitch with a lot of information. If you want to understand impacts of things like queuing theory, lean, and why variability should be preserved for new product development (hint: Black Scholes option pricing model) then this is the video for you. See [[second_generation_lean_product_development_by_don_reinertsen|My notes]] for more information.| 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-BOSpxYJ9M|Dave Thomas - Agile is Dead]]. Provocative title which talks about how implementations of agile don’t always match up with the specification of agile. +| Motivation, Leadership | [[http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation?language=en|Dan Pink’s TED Talk]] | Dan Pink helps you understand how knowledge workers are motivated: autonomy, mastery, and purpose (and take money off the table) | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgdBVIX9ifA|Martin Fowler - Microservices]]. Found this to be a useful discussion to help me talk to technical people. +| Motivation, Leadership, Funny | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc|Drive: The Surprising Truth About Motivation]] | Or if you want the more fun presentation then use Dan Pink's pitch | 
-  * “Uncle” [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_TH-Y78tt4|Bob Martin - The Principles of Clean Architecture]]. Great anecdotal story at the beginning, as always. Then discussion around how architecture should reflect the domain - what the application does. +| Agile, Implementation | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-BOSpxYJ9M|Dave Thomas - Agile is Dead]] | Provocative title which talks about how implementations of agile don’t always match up with the specification of agile. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gbj_ig09WQ|New Zealand All Blacks Haka (this is the meaning of Scrum? no …]] +| Technical | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgdBVIX9ifA|Martin Fowler - Microservices]] | Found this to be a useful discussion to help me talk to technical people. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4thQcgLCqk|Jeff Sutherland’s TedX video on doing “Twice the Work in Half the Time"]] +| Architecture | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_TH-Y78tt4|Bob Martin - The Principles of Clean Architecture]] | Uncle” Bob on how architecture should reflect the domain - what the application does. Plus great anecdotal story at the beginning, as always. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf8Gi2RLKWQ|VersionOne’s description of the Agile Manifesto]] +| Break | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gbj_ig09WQ|New Zealand All Blacks Haka]] | This is the meaning of Scrum? No. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TycLR0TqFA|Scrum in 7 minutes]] +| Basics, Lean, Agile, Scrum | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4thQcgLCqk|Jeff Sutherland’s TedX video on doing “Twice the Work in Half the Time"]] | Explains how to be agile, not just in software development but in every business to disrupt the field. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsB0UZR7XvE|The Rong Way to Do Agile: Team Structure from Atlassian]] +| Basics, Agile | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf8Gi2RLKWQ|VersionOne’s description of the Agile Manifesto]] | Summary of key points from the book [[https://a.co/d/82Lg7wa|Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time]] | 
-  * [[https://youtu.be/gE7srp2BzoM|Planning Poker for Estimates from Mike Cohn]] +| Basics, Scrum | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TycLR0TqFA|Scrum in 7 minutes]] | Introduction, overview | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4-El7gJuZE|Example Ball Point Game]] +| Basics, Teams, Funny | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsB0UZR7XvE|The Rong Way to Do Agile: Team Structure from Atlassian]] | Tongue firmly in cheek | 
-  * [[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7Jim/prudential-the-prudential-magnets-experiment|Prudential Ad Showing That We Are All Optimists When Considering the Future]] +| Estimation, Basics | [[https://youtu.be/gE7srp2BzoM|Planning Poker for Estimates from Mike Cohn]] | Basics of planning poker from the person who popularised the idea | 
-  * [[http://blackswanfarming.com/cost-of-delay/|Why Cost of Delay Matters?]] +| Facilitation, Estimation, Basics, Agile | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4-El7gJuZE|Example Ball Point Game]] | Basics of running the ball-point game if you've never done it. See [[simulating_agile_execution_with_the_ball_point_game|Simulating Agile Execution with the Ball Point Game]] for more. | 
-  * [[http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?qtwh=true|Sinek’s Ted Talk - Start with Why]] - To understand how to communicate with people especially as you introduce something new. Bit from 1:35 to 5:15 relevant for product owners, for example, when explaining “vision”. +| Leadership, Commitment | [[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7Jim/prudential-the-prudential-magnets-experiment|Prudential Ad Showing That We Are All Optimists When Considering the Future]] | Useful when helping people understand they are more positive about the future than actually makes sense. See [[why_do_people_overcommit|Why Do People Overcommit?]] for more. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3kKechcwYM|High Performance Tree]] - Lisa Adkins on High Performance teams +| Basics, Estimation, Prioritization | [[http://blackswanfarming.com/cost-of-delay/|Why Cost of Delay Matters?]] | On the importance of prioritizing and sequencing work by cost of delay |  
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPFA8n7goio|How The Brain Stores Information]] - TED Talk on importance of visual processing etc. +| Leadership, Motivation | [[http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?qtwh=true|Sinek’s Ted Talk - Start with Why]] | To understand how to communicate with people especially as you introduce something new. Bit from 1:35 to 5:15 relevant for product owners, for example, when explaining “vision” | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2XSB8zRynk&index=2&list=PL1RGC7NeOQe74Y1B4h_M-nwdwgz_n2mYG|Kenny Rubin “Essential Scrum” on Requirements and Change Management]] +| Teams, Coaching | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3kKechcwYM|High Performance Tree]] | Lisa Adkins on how to move toward a high performance team. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF_JBfVy5-0|Kenny Rubin “Essential Scrum” on Product Backlog Refinement]] +| Leadership, People | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPFA8n7goio|How The Brain Stores Information]] | TED Talk on importance of visual processing etc. | 
-  * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXOhfKV6jLQ|Jeff Sutherland on the Daily Scrum]] +| Basics, Scrum | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2XSB8zRynk&index=2&list=PL1RGC7NeOQe74Y1B4h_M-nwdwgz_n2mYG|Kenny Rubin “Essential Scrum” on Requirements and Change Management]] | | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGbsgs611MM|S&*% Bad Scrum Masters Say]] - Funny +| Basics, Scrum | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF_JBfVy5-0|Kenny Rubin “Essential Scrum” on Product Backlog Refinement]] | | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=502ILHjX9EE|Henrik Kniberg on the Product Owner role]] - Key idea “Product Owner must say ‘no’”. +| Basics, Daily | [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXOhfKV6jLQ|Jeff Sutherland on the Daily Scrum]] | | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BWbaZs1M_8|Lyssa Atkins on Scrum in about 10 mins]] - Every Scrum Master should know how to explain the framework. +| Basics, Teams, Funny | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGbsgs611MM|S&*% Bad Scrum Masters Say]] | What NOT to do | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC8PjW5eEgE|Dave Allen - Teach Kids About Telling the Time]] - Funny video to understand how slippery the english language is to drive requirements. +| Product | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=502ILHjX9EE|Henrik Kniberg on the Product Owner role]] | Key idea “Product Owner must say ‘no’”. | 
-  * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb0ssmoXG1I|Steven Johnson - Where Good Ideas Come From]] - On understanding how innovation works - requires a collision of half ideas (the slow hunch) that have been fermenting in the background for a while. So idea is to provide an environment to connect. “Chance (of innovation) favors the connected mind.” +| Basics, Scrum | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BWbaZs1M_8|Lyssa Atkins on Scrum in about 10 mins]] | Every Scrum Master should know how to explain the framework. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0|The Backwards Bicycle]] - Great video to understand how its hard to unlearn what we know, that knowledge isn’t the same as understanding, to learn you have to practice, practice, practice, and that you have biases and are unaware of them. See more at [[https://www.hanssamios.com/dokuwiki/why_is_agile_so_hard|Why Is Agile So Hard - The Backward Bicycle?]] +| Product, Requirements, Funny | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC8PjW5eEgE|Dave Allen - Teach Kids About Telling the Time]] | Funny video to understand how slippery the english language is to drive requirements. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXrcFj_dXdo|Leeroy Jenkins]] - What happens when 1 person doesn’t consider the rest of the team. From World of Warcraft. +| Product, Innovation | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0af00UcTO-c|Steven Johnson - Where Good Ideas Come From]] | On understanding how innovation works - requires a collision of half ideas (the slow hunch) that have been fermenting in the background for a while. So idea is to provide an environment to connect. “Chance (of innovation) favours the connected mind.” | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_pvslS4gEI|Day in a Life of Mob Programming]]. Helpful to talk about learning and trying practices even if we don’t adopt wholesale. +| Learning, Change | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0|The Backwards Bicycle]] | Great video to understand how its hard to unlearn what we know, that knowledge isn’t the same as understanding, to learn you have to practice, practice, practice, and that you have biases and are unaware of them. See more at [[https://www.hanssamios.com/dokuwiki/why_is_agile_so_hard|Why Is Agile So Hard - The Backward Bicycle?]] | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx6HojLBsnw|Dilbert has “the knack"]]. Funny video about becoming an engineer. +| Team | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXrcFj_dXdo|Leeroy Jenkins]] | What happens when 1 person doesn’t consider the rest of the team. From World of Warcraft. | 
-  * [[https://youtu.be/KWnwI0-aeq0|Rugby game]]. Shows structure emerging from chaos, minimal control, common goals, etc +| Team, Structure | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_pvslS4gEI|Day in a Life of Mob Programming]] | Helpful to talk about learning and trying practices even if we don’t adopt wholesale. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I94-tJlovg|Introduction to DevOps]] +| Team, Structure | [[https://youtu.be/KWnwI0-aeq0|Rugby game]] | Shows structure emerging from chaos, minimal control, common goals, etc | 
-  * [[https://youtu.be/rf8Gi2RLKWQ|Agile Manifesto Explained]] - Quick 3 minute video on the basics of the Agile Manifesto, including a bit of history. +| Technical | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I94-tJlovg|Introduction to DevOps]] | |  
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X68dm92HVI|Are we in Control of Our Decisions]]: Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we’re not as rational as we think when we make decisions. +| People, Coaching | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X68dm92HVI|Are we in Control of Our Decisions]] | Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we’re not as rational as we think when we make decisions. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_6OEMk3y28&feature=youtu.be|Coordination Chaos]]: Good video to help explain why the old way of working no longer works as the organization grows. +| Systems | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_6OEMk3y28&feature=youtu.be|Coordination Chaos]] | Good video to help explain why the old way of working no longer works as the organization grows. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHrKx8HWSeo|High-tech Anthropology at Menlo]]: Video to explain how gemba helps when working on understanding customer requirements. +| Product, Requirements | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHrKx8HWSeo|High-tech Anthropology at Menlo]]|Video to explain how gemba helps when working on understanding customer requirements.| 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqmdLcyES_Q|Submarine Leadership]]: David Marquet on changing the leadership model from “leader - follower” to “leader - leader”. +| Leadership | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqmdLcyES_Q|Submarine Leadership]]|David Marquet on changing the leadership model from “leader - follower” to “leader - leader”. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5EQW026alY|5 Dysfunctions of a Team]]: Patrick Lencioni presenting the materials of the book +| Leadership, Team | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5EQW026alY|5 Dysfunctions of a Team]] | Patrick Lencioni presenting the materials of the [[https://a.co/d/4Of5W6J|book of the same name]]. Absolute classic. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j__w-7s8GPo|Wisdom of the Crowds demonstration counting gum balls]]: Useful to help people understand how even uninformed people can contribute to a discussion in estimation. +| Estimation | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j__w-7s8GPo|Wisdom of the Crowds demonstration counting gum balls]]|Useful to help people understand how even uninformed people can contribute to a discussion in estimation. | 
-  * To help people understand small vs large batch processing (the ideal of one piece flow in manufacturing world) when you cannot run something like the penny game: +| Systems | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoLHKSE8sfU|Batch of 10 vs batch of 1, simultaneously]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciJckWCMvpA|Batch of 10 vs batch of 1, serially]]|To help people understand small vs large batch processing (the ideal of one piece flow in manufacturing world) when you cannot run something like the penny game | 
-    * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoLHKSE8sfU|Batch of 10 vs batch of 1, simultaneously]] +| Systems, Funny | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSHPvIFIBgI|Dave Snowden on Organizing a Children’s Birthday Party]]|On understanding ordered, complex, and chaotic human systems | 
-    * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciJckWCMvpA|Batch of 10 vs batch of 1, serially]] +| Leadership | [[https://vimeo.com/81492863|The Power of Empathy]] | Importance of empathy for leadership | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSHPvIFIBgI|Dave Snowden on Organizing a Children’s Birthday Party]] +| Systems | [[https://youtu.be/CostXs2p6r0|The Resource Utilization Trap]] | Henrik Kniberg's excellent demonstration of the problem of focusing on resource utilization in bringing value to our customers | 
-  * [[https://vimeo.com/81492863|The Power of Empathy]] - For Leadership +| Leadership | [[https://youtu.be/fLqzYDZAqCI|Locating Yourself - The Key to Conscious Leadership]] | Are you operating above the line or below the line? | 
-  * [[https://youtu.be/CostXs2p6r0|The Resource Utilization Trap]]: Henrik Kniberg's excellent demonstration of the problem of focusing on resource utilization in bringing value to our customers +| Product, Requirements | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF6FxK9fBIE|Design Thinking]] | Introduction to the basic ideas. While it is presented as a “linear” process, and misses notions of divergent and convergent thinking, it is a good start. | 
-  * [[https://youtu.be/fLqzYDZAqCI|Locating Yourself - The Key to Conscious Leadership]] - Are you operating above the line or below the line. +| Product, Requirements | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwMfs1tOPaU|How to Use the Customer Empathy Map]] | Using a customer empathy map template | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF6FxK9fBIE|Design Thinking]] - Introduction to the basic ideas. While it is presented as a “linear” process, and misses notions of divergent and convergent thinking, it is a good start. +| Product, Requirements | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJM7Nj1DCwk|The Lucky Iron Fish]] | Helps people understand why we need to do “gemba” (go and see) when trying to understand the requirements of the product. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwMfs1tOPaU|How to Use the Customer Empathy Map]] +| Product, Requirements | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lf6glgKt3Q|TEDTalk on How the Lucky Fish Can Treat Anemia]] | Useful video that expands on the discussion above to look at a complete process of making a product “fit for purpose” including the design of the product, the implementation of the product, and the delivery of the product. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdb_6946pGI|Eric Ries on Innovation Accounting]] - How do we know we are making progress when all we are doing experiments. +| People, Team | [[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-trust-people-you-dont-like/id1346314086?i=1000407661245|How to Trust People You Don’t Like]] | Podcast dispels a number of misconceptions about trust. | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJM7Nj1DCwk|The Lucky Iron Fish]] - Helps people understand why we need to do “gemba” (go and see) when trying to understand the requirements of the product. +| Strategy | [[https://youtu.be/z3CKawYpWyY?si=iY33GN7SEToqJoVI|How to Write Mission Statements That Don't Suck]] | Stop over words-mithing your mission statement and avoid "solutions" | 
-    * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lf6glgKt3Q|TEDTalk on How the Lucky Fish Can Treat Anemia]] - Useful video that expands on the discussion above to look at a complete process of making a product “fit for purpose” including the design of the product, the implementation of the product, and the delivery of the product. +| Systems | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqEeIG8aPPk|Russ Ackoff on Systems Thinking]] | Ever wondered what it means to do systems thinking? This is a short video explaining what Systems Thinking is and why you cannot just decompose the system into parts and expect improvement overall. | 
-  * [[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-trust-people-you-dont-like/id1346314086?i=1000407661245|How to Trust People You Don’t Like]] - Podcast dispels a number of misconceptions about trust. +| Estimation | [[https://vimeo.com/144673973|10 Reasons Estimation and Planning Fails and What to Do About It]] | Great pitch. Love the basics here. Main message is "a lot of bad things happen in projects which increase utilization into the 'non-linear' (when lead-time graphed over utilization - above 80% utilization leads to exponential lead time) zone and so make estimating useless and forecasting difficult." See [[10 Reasons Estimation and Planning Fails and What to Do About It by Troy Magennis]] |  
-  * [[https://youtu.be/z3CKawYpWyY?si=iY33GN7SEToqJoVI|How to Write Mission Statements That Don't Suck]] - stop over wordsmithing your mission statement and avoid "solutions" +| PIPlanning, Funny | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaG8pQt8l7o|Monty Python - for people with no sense of direction]] | On alignment | 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqEeIG8aPPk|Russ Ackoff on Systems Thinking]] - ever wondered what it means to do systems thinking? This is a short video explaining what Systems Thinking is and why you cannot just decompose the system into parts and expect improvement overall.  +| PIPlanning, Funny | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpnM37A4P_8|South Park - Underpants Gnomes]] | Purpose of PI Planning event - WARNING language - perhaps there is version without language out there.| 
-  * [[https://vimeo.com/144673973|10 Reasons Estimation and Planning Fails and What to Do About It]] by Troy Magennis. Great pitch. Love the basics here. Main message is "a lot of bad things happen in projects which increase utilization into the 'non-linear' (when lead-time graphed over utilization - above 80% utilization leads to exponential lead time) zone and so make estimating useless and forecasting difficult." See  +| Vision | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKAz-g7MAxs|Farm Forward | John Deere Innovation & Technology]]| On setting a vision from the customer's perspective | 
-  * A couple of funny videos on alignment +| Mission, Funny | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3CKawYpWyY|How to Write a Mission Statement That Doesnt Suck]] | On how mission statements become generic | 
-     * Alignment video for next PI Planning [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaG8pQt8l7o|Monty Python - for people with no sense of direction]] +| Leadership | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQfao96j1fo|5 Frameworks for Leaders]]| 5 ideas that help leaders lead from David Marquet |
-     * Purpose of PI Planning event [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpnM37A4P_8|South Park - Underpants Gnomes]] - WARNING language - perhaps there is version without language out there.+
  
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