SPaMCAST 757 - Intermittent Collaboration, Kanban For One, Essays and Conversations

<p dir="ltr">A funny thing happened on the way to SPaMCAST 757. I was considering critical thinking when I ran into data that challenged a common agile belief - enter critical thinking. The idea is that constant collaboration, the goal of team rooms, and always-on communication software, is to create good ideas and decisions; good but not great.</p> <p dir="ltr">This week we also have a visit from Susan Parente who talks about her approach to personal kanban, something she calls kanban for one. Susan also takes us under the hood for a view into her busy, innovative world and how she keeps it under control.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Re-Rread Saturday News</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">This week we are back with Chapter 6 of   <a href="https://amzn.to/3JZ92ti">Team Topologies: Organizing Business And Technology Teams For Fast Flow</a> by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais.  The boundaries of teams are shaped by numerous pressures ranging from corporate politics and specialism to architectural structure. Inspecting the majority of teams it would seem that boundaries are the outcome of a random walk because they reflect all of these pressures over time. For more of a dive into the topic, check out the book and the whole re-read! </p> <p dir="ltr">Previous Installments:</p> <p dir="ltr">Week 1: <a href="http://bit.ly/3nHGkW4">Front Matter and Logistics</a> – <a href= "http://bit.ly/3nHGkW4">http://bit.ly/3nHGkW4</a> </p> <p dir="ltr">Week 2: <a href="https://bit.ly/3zGGyQf">The Problem With Org Charts</a> – <a href= "https://bit.ly/3zGGyQf">https://bit.ly/3zGGyQf</a> </p> <p dir="ltr">Week 3:  <a href= "https://bit.ly/3muTVQE">Conway’s Law and Why It Matters</a> - <a href= "https://bit.ly/3muTVQE">https://bit.ly/3muTVQE</a> </p> <p dir="ltr">Week 4: <a href="https://bit.ly/3H9xRSC">Team First Thinking</a> - <a href= "https://bit.ly/3H9xRSC">https://bit.ly/3H9xRSC</a> </p> <p dir="ltr">Week 5: <a href="https://bit.ly/40Q6eF2">Static Team Topologies</a> - <a href= "https://bit.ly/40Q6eF2">https://bit.ly/40Q6eF2</a> </p> <p dir=